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Alex Hunter vs.
Sam Fulton

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-0-0 Alex Hunter · UFC
0-2-0 Sam Fulton · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-0-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
Age
5'9"
Height
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
345.6
Layoff (months)Δ 2.7 mo
348.3
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Alex Hunter hunts takedowns — 2.07 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Sam Fulton's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight norm.
Sam Fulton rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alex Hunter

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

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

Sam Fulton

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

181.24/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
10.40/min · norm 3.36
130.90/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
72.80/min · norm 3.19
60.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
100.0%norm 47.8%
43.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
41.7%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Alex Hunter

Distance 20.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 63.3% (norm 9.3%)

Sam Fulton

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Alex Hunter

Head 76.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.6%)

Sam Fulton

Head 0.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 100.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hunter L/AAccHeavyweight med Fulton L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 6 too few to rate 40.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 40.1%
In the clinch 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 19 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 23 too few to rate 38.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 76.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Hunter L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Fulton L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 7 too few to rate 40.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 40.7%
In the clinch 12 / 16 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0% 5 / 9 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 10 too few to rate 38.8% 4 / 8 too few to rate 38.8%
To the body 11 / 13 too few to rate 75.1% 2 / 3 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

233.3% acc · 2.07/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
— of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 17.2%
— per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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