Matthew Riddle vs. Henry Martinez

UFC 7-3-0 (2 NC) vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-3-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
6'1"
HeightΔ 6"
5'7"
76"
ReachΔ 7"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
161.7
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
164
NCWNCWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matthew Riddle hunts takedowns — 3.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Matthew Riddle owns the mat — in control 49% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Henry Martinez rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Matthew Riddle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Henry Martinez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5033.01/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1062.79/min · norm 3.42
4582.74/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1524.01/min · norm 3.37
42.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
25.4%norm 43.5%
55.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Matthew Riddle

Distance 60.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 22.3% (norm 8.1%)

Henry Martinez

Distance 96.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Matthew Riddle

Head 72.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Henry Martinez

Head 91.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Riddle L/AAccWelterweight med Martinez L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 172 / 712 24.2% 38.6% 102 / 402 25.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 153 / 209 73.2% 67.8% 4 / 15 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 178 / 265 67.2% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 249 / 860 29.0% 37.2% 79 / 381 20.7% 35.0%
To the body 147 / 196 75.0% 70.7% 5 / 13 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 107 / 130 82.3% 82.9% 22 / 23 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Riddle L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Martinez L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 287 / 751 38.2% 39.0% 119 / 334 35.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 93 / 143 65.0% 68.9% 23 / 36 63.9% 68.6%
On the ground 78 / 123 63.4% 68.0% 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 294 / 794 37.0% 35.6% 70 / 267 26.2% 35.1%
To the body 81 / 124 65.3% 69.6% 55 / 84 65.5% 68.1%
To the legs 83 / 99 83.8% 82.1% 27 / 30 90.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3950.0% acc · 3.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
2589.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
880.0% def · norm 64.0%
82:2849.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:216.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
20:221:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:220:56 per 15 · norm 2:46
60.54/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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