Marcus McGhee vs Mario Bautista — Compare

Compare any two UFC fighters

Marcus McGhee

10-2Bantamweight

MMA Lab

Anchored to Bantamweight

Mario Bautista

17-3Bantamweight

MMA Lab

Data current through Jun 20, 2026

Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

Marcus McGheevsMario Bautista

Age

younger

5'8"

173cm

Height

taller

5'9"

175cm

69"

175cm

Reach

reach

72"

183cm

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Activity & layoff

The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.

Time since last UFC bout

Marcus3 weeks

Mario4 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Marcus McGhee

Active

3 weekssince last bout

vs John Yannis · Jun 6, 2026

Mario Bautista

Active

4 monthssince last bout

vs Vinicius Oliveira · Feb 7, 2026

Shared training affiliations

Camps both fighters currently affiliate with. The strongest signal first; secondary ties follow.

Primary teammates

MMA Lab

Glendale, United States

Elite

Roster

Marcus McGhee and Mario Bautista are primary teammates at MMA Lab.

Marcus McGheePrimaryMario BautistaPrimary

Current affiliations only. Past camps the fighters may have shared (and since left) aren’t tracked in our schema yet, so absence below doesn’t rule out historical teammate ties.

Division context

Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Bantamweight roster (341 fighters).

Recent form

Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.

Marcus McGhee

Mario Bautista

McGhee — last 5

recent → old

Bautista — last 5

recent → old

Last 5 record

4-1

Even

4-1

Current streak

Even

Ranked opps

2 of 5

4 of 5

Layoff

18 d

5 mo

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.

UFC only

Marcus McGhee

Schedule Score

Mario Bautista

Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

63 min

6 bouts

Octagon time

78 min

141 min

14 bouts

Schedule strength

36%

46%

Win quality

50%

63%

Ranked opponents

Title-holder bouts

Even

Opponent quality distribution

every UFC bout, bucketed by who the opponent was at the time

Marcus McGhee

6 bouts

Mario Bautista

14 bouts

Champion

Top-5

Top-15

Established

Building

Unproven

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	Marcus McGhee	Mario Bautista
Champion	0-1	—
Top-5	—	1-2
Top-15	1-0	3-0
Established	—	2-0
Building	1-0	2-0
Unproven	3-0	3-1

Marcus McGhee — bouts

Mario Bautista — bouts

All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

68th

+14

54th

McGhee has the striking edge (+14).

Attacking

McGhee’s offensevsBautista’s defense

Where McGhee attacks (green = high volume) vs where Bautista gets hit (red = vulnerable) — McGhee’s green zones meeting Bautista’s red zones are the openings.

Marcus McGheeOffense

Head70%87th241
Body16%66th55
Leg13%70th46

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Mario BautistaDefense

Head66%36th369
Body17%51st93
Leg18%36th101

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share absorbed · partly opponent-dependent

McGhee — by position

94%Standing

Standing94%321
Clinch3%10
Ground3%11

Bautista — absorbed by position

82%Standing

Standing82%463
Clinch14%77
Ground4%23

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

McGhee’s offensevsBautista’s defense

Head

A+

87th

46.6

+51

36th

38.5

Body

66th

12.2

+15

51st

10.3

Leg

70th

9.8

+33

36th

10.3

Bautista’s offensevsMcGhee’s defense

Head

A+

85th

44.2

+39

46th

34.2

Body

A+

89th

19.1

+45

43rd

11.1

Leg

65th

9.2

+29

36th

10.4

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15	Career landed
Head	Marcus McGhee	top 13% of division46.6	38%	around division average34.2	241
Head	Mario Bautista	top 15% of division44.2	39%	below division average38.5	455
Body	Marcus McGhee	above division average12.2	64%	below division average11.1	55
Body	Mario Bautista	top 11% of division19.1	78%	around division average10.3	205
Leg	Marcus McGhee	top 30% of division9.8	68%	below division average10.4	46
Leg	Mario Bautista	above division average9.2	83%	below division average10.3	90

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.

UFC only

Marcus McGhee

Mario Bautista

Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).

Overall Grappling

Grappling

45th

+14

59th

Bautista has the grappling edge (+14).

Takedowns

34th

0.2

+33

68th

1.9

Takedown accuracy

21st

11%

1/9

+33

54th

38%

18/47

Takedown defense

82nd

90%

9/10

+41

40th

56%

29/52

Submission threat

55th

0.2

+18

73rd

0.8

Control time

32nd

0.7 min

+29

61st

3.5 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	Marcus McGhee	Mario Bautista
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	0.21	1.918
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	11%1 / 9	38%18 / 47
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	90%9 / 10	56%29 / 52
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.21	0.88
Control time / 15 (min)career total	0.7 min2:53	3.5 min32:36
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	1.3 min5:15	2.6 min24:08

All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.

Finishing & durability

How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.

Marcus McGhee

Mario Bautista

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

McGhee9W–1L by finish

Bautista10W–2L by finish

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

↑31%·McGhee

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

↑31%·McGhee

80th

90%

+40

40th

59%

Goes the distance

Even

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Even

17%

40%

KO durability

↑5%·McGhee

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

↑5%·McGhee

65th

+13

52nd

Submission defense

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

Even

32nd

+16

47th

Full method breakdown

Outcome	Marcus McGhee	Mario Bautista
Wins
by KO / TKO	8(80%)	3(18%)
by submission	1(10%)	7(41%)
by decision	1(10%)	7(41%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	0(0%)	1(33%)
by submission	1(50%)	1(33%)
by decision	1(50%)	1(33%)

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.

Marcus McGhee

Mario Bautista

33%

2 KO/TKO in 6 bouts

Knockout rate

1 KO/TKO in 14 bouts

1.2 / 100 head

Knockdowns dealt

0.4 / 100 head

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

0.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns absorbed

0.5 / 100 head

Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Marcus McGheeFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Mario BautistaFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
vs Trevin Jones5y 3mo ago
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Mar 6, 2021 · R2 · 0:47
Last time submitted
vs Cory Sandhagen7y 5mo ago
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw · Jan 19, 2019 · R1 · 3:31

Pace & fade

How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

Marcus McGhee

113%

R3 vs R1 · 3 bouts reaching R3

Mario Bautista

189%

R3 vs R1 · 7 bouts reaching R3

Cardio edge to Bautista: Bautista builds (+28% per round through round 3) while McGhee holds steady (-2% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, McGhee lifts to 113% of round-1 output by round 3, Bautista 189%.

McGhee — HOLDS

Bautista ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown — both fighters

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

McGhee

Bautistalanded / min

Takedown attempts

McGhee

Bautistaattempts / min

Control time

McGhee

Bautista% of round

Round	Fighter	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	Marcus McGhee	5.4	4.8	2.5	0.11	7%	6
R1	Mario Bautista	5.2	3.6	3.2	0.20	23%	14
R2	Marcus McGhee	7.6	7.2	4.8	0.10	4%	5
R2	Mario Bautista	8.4	6.2	5.1	0.47	21%	10
R3	Marcus McGhee	5.2	4.3	4.1	0.27	2%	3
R3	Mario Bautista	9.5	7.3	4.0	0.40	25%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.

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