Norman Parke vs. Reza Madadi

UFC 5-3-1 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-1
UFC record
3-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 9 yrs
48
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
125.3
Layoff (months)Δ 15 mo
110.3
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Reza Madadi hunts takedowns — 3.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Norman Parke owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Norman Parke hunts takedowns — 1.98 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Norman Parke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 244

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Reza Madadi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3943.06/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2262.51/min · norm 3.42
3702.88/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2983.31/min · norm 3.37
35.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 43.5%
64.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
67.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Norman Parke

Distance 86.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 8.0%)

Reza Madadi

Distance 76.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Norman Parke

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.9%)

Reza Madadi

Head 89.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Parke L/AAccLightweight med Madadi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 971 31.5% 37.9% 143 / 372 38.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 53 / 86 61.6% 67.3% 48 / 72 66.7% 67.3%
On the ground 35 / 62 56.5% 69.1% 35 / 42 83.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 273 / 915 29.8% 35.0% 186 / 433 43.0% 35.0%
To the body 73 / 122 59.8% 69.1% 33 / 42 78.6% 69.1%
To the legs 48 / 82 58.5% 81.9% 7 / 11 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Parke L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Madadi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 958 32.3% 38.9% 236 / 792 29.8% 38.9%
In the clinch 41 / 69 59.4% 68.6% 39 / 67 58.2% 68.6%
On the ground 20 / 26 76.9% 68.0% 23 / 43 53.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 211 / 834 25.3% 35.1% 201 / 758 26.5% 35.1%
To the body 66 / 106 62.3% 68.1% 73 / 113 64.6% 68.1%
To the legs 93 / 113 82.3% 81.5% 24 / 31 77.4% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1726.6% acc · 1.98/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1933.9% acc · 3.17/15 · norm 1.38
3577.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1789.5% def · norm 64.0%
37:2329.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
22:4025.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:581:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
16:042:40 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
30.50/15 · norm 0.49

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