Rich Franklin vs. Nate Quarry

UFC 14-6-0 vs. 7-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-6-0
UFC record
7-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
51
AgeΔ 3 yrs
54
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Open Stance
164.9
Layoff (months)Δ 31.4 mo
196.3
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nate Quarry carries real power — 1.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Rich Franklin carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Nate Quarry rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rich Franklin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Nate Quarry

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8564.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2984.96/min · norm 3.25
4152.05/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1682.80/min · norm 3.20
43.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 47.4%
63.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
66.3%norm 53.8%
100.74/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
61.50/15 · norm 0.32

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

Rich Franklin

Distance 79.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 10.3%)

Nate Quarry

Distance 74.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Rich Franklin

Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 8.4%)

Nate Quarry

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Franklin L/AAccMiddleweight med Quarry L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 596 / 1575 37.8% 40.5% 221 / 497 44.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 151 / 226 66.8% 70.3% 37 / 72 51.4% 70.3%
On the ground 109 / 169 64.5% 69.1% 40 / 100 40.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 559 / 1608 34.8% 38.9% 162 / 501 32.3% 38.9%
To the body 198 / 253 78.3% 71.7% 50 / 72 69.4% 71.7%
To the legs 99 / 109 90.8% 83.3% 86 / 96 89.6% 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 Franklin L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Quarry L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 247 / 877 28.2% 39.5% 124 / 428 29.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 120 / 169 71.0% 70.9% 32 / 52 61.5% 70.9%
On the ground 48 / 88 54.5% 69.0% 12 / 18 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 879 26.3% 37.9% 122 / 435 28.0% 37.9%
To the body 109 / 162 67.3% 71.3% 26 / 36 72.2% 71.3%
To the legs 75 / 93 80.6% 82.1% 20 / 27 74.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1463.6% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.42
3464.2% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
660.0% def · norm 63.1%
37:3818.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
10:5518.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
25:391:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:252:06 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.15/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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