Mark Munoz vs. Nick Catone

UFC 9-6-0 vs. 4-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-6-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
134.8
Layoff (months)Δ 15.4 mo
150.2
WLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nick Catone hunts takedowns — 3.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Mark Munoz hunts takedowns — 3.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Nick Catone owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mark Munoz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Nick Catone

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3943.02/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1962.11/min · norm 3.25
3072.35/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2162.32/min · norm 3.20
50.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 47.4%
56.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 53.8%
20.23/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Mark Munoz

Distance 45.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 33.9% (norm 10.3%)

Nick Catone

Distance 64.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 10.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Mark Munoz

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 8.4%)

Nick Catone

Head 79.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Munoz L/AAccMiddleweight med Catone L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 355 34.9% 40.5% 82 / 281 29.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 98 / 162 60.5% 70.3% 47 / 75 62.7% 70.3%
On the ground 172 / 265 64.9% 69.1% 67 / 83 80.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 586 39.4% 38.9% 125 / 349 35.8% 38.9%
To the body 114 / 134 85.1% 71.7% 35 / 51 68.6% 71.7%
To the legs 49 / 62 79.0% 83.3% 36 / 39 92.3% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Munoz L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Catone L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 161 / 484 33.3% 39.5% 126 / 461 27.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 91 / 144 63.2% 70.9% 66 / 92 71.7% 70.9%
On the ground 55 / 78 70.5% 69.0% 24 / 34 70.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 554 33.6% 37.9% 120 / 467 25.7% 37.9%
To the body 82 / 109 75.2% 71.3% 48 / 67 71.6% 71.3%
To the legs 39 / 43 90.7% 82.1% 48 / 53 90.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2830.1% acc · 3.22/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2344.2% acc · 3.71/15 · norm 1.42
2156.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2083.3% def · norm 63.1%
42:5232.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
33:4236.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
28:083:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:501:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.57/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.48/15 · norm 0.47

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Munoz has more cage time on record.