Terry Martin vs. Chris Leben

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 12-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
12-10-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 1 yrs
46
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
222.1
Layoff (months)Δ 70.8 mo
151.3
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Terry Martin owns the mat — in control 49% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Terry Martin hunts takedowns — 3.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Chris Leben is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Terry Martin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 3 — regional circuit 218

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Chris Leben

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1333.02/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5722.88/min · norm 3.25
1363.09/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5672.85/min · norm 3.20
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 47.4%
44.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.1%norm 53.8%
10.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

Terry Martin

Distance 51.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 36.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 10.3%)

Chris Leben

Distance 63.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 22.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Terry Martin

Head 70.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Leben

Head 74.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martin L/AAccMiddleweight med Leben L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 130 25.4% 40.5% 284 / 842 33.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 75 / 91 82.4% 70.3% 162 / 299 54.2% 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 31 80.6% 69.1% 126 / 192 65.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 66 / 177 37.3% 38.9% 345 / 987 35.0% 38.9%
To the body 43 / 50 86.0% 71.7% 95 / 152 62.5% 71.7%
To the legs 24 / 25 96.0% 83.3% 132 / 194 68.0% 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 Martin L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Leben L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 37 / 126 29.4% 39.5% 326 / 791 41.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 83 / 104 79.8% 70.9% 142 / 239 59.4% 70.9%
On the ground 16 / 17 too few to rate 69.0% 99 / 178 55.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 59 / 164 36.0% 37.9% 396 / 979 40.4% 37.9%
To the body 37 / 41 90.2% 71.3% 115 / 154 74.7% 71.3%
To the legs 40 / 42 95.2% 82.1% 56 / 75 74.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
936.0% acc · 3.07/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1745.9% acc · 1.28/15 · norm 1.42
583.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3954.9% def · norm 63.1%
21:4449.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
52:3626.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:342:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
58:414:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
100.75/15 · norm 0.47

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