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William Gomis vs. Francis Marshall

UFC 5-2-0 vs. 4-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-2-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
29
AgeΔ 2 yrs
27
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw4-1 vs orthodox fighters
Stance
Orthodox1-1 vs southpaws
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
0.2
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
William Gomis has owned orthodox fighters — 4-1 in the UFC (1-1 vs everyone else), and Francis Marshall is orthodox.
Francis Marshall owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Francis Marshall hunts takedowns — 1.86 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

William Gomis

Full career not yet synced for William Gomis — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Francis Marshall

Full career not yet synced for Francis Marshall — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3273.20/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1972.23/min · norm 3.52
2662.60/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2753.11/min · norm 3.54
48.6%norm 44.8%
Striking accuracy
30.4%norm 44.8%
61.6%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 54.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.34/15 · norm 0.28

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

William Gomis

Distance 89.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.4%)

Francis Marshall

Distance 95.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.4%)

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

William Gomis

Head 60.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 23.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.3% (norm 7.9%)

Francis Marshall

Head 92.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 3.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gomis L/AAccFeatherweight med Marshall L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 599 45.2% 40.7% 177 / 619 28.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 53 / 69 76.8% 70.5% 10 / 14 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 10 / 15 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 408 33.6% 37.2% 155 / 596 26.0% 37.2%
To the body 94 / 155 60.6% 68.4% 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.4%
To the legs 96 / 110 87.3% 80.7% 30 / 30 100.0% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 129 fighters · Featherweight: 129 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 Gomis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Marshall L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 218 / 631 34.5% 39.3% 220 / 527 41.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 40 / 53 75.5% 70.3% 12 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 8 / 9 too few to rate 69.5% 43 / 62 69.4% 69.5%
BY TARGET
To the head 110 / 464 23.7% 35.9% 169 / 439 38.5% 35.9%
To the body 83 / 121 68.6% 68.1% 50 / 101 49.5% 68.1%
To the legs 73 / 108 67.6% 81.1% 56 / 69 81.2% 81.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
538.5% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1137.9% acc · 1.86/15 · norm 1.17
3877.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 61.5%
15:2715.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
25:0028.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
32:274:45 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
10:131:43 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.29/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
30.51/15 · norm 0.44

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