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Anthony Hernandez vs. Kevin Holland

UFC 9-4-0 vs. 16-12-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-4-0
UFC record
16-12-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 6"
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
6.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Anthony Hernandez hunts takedowns — 5.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Anthony Hernandez is a submission threat — 1.39 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Kevin Holland is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Anthony Hernandez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.58 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Kevin Holland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1812
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7104.38/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
12884.18/min · norm 3.23
5993.70/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10173.30/min · norm 3.20
60.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 47.4%
47.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Anthony Hernandez

Distance 65.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 24.1% (norm 10.0%)

Kevin Holland

Distance 82.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Anthony Hernandez

Head 88.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Kevin Holland

Head 70.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hernandez L/AAccMiddleweight med Holland L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 371 / 768 48.3% 40.5% 962 / 2122 45.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 92 / 128 71.9% 70.6% 173 / 238 72.7% 70.6%
On the ground 247 / 285 86.7% 69.4% 153 / 203 75.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 587 / 1046 56.1% 38.8% 704 / 1797 39.2% 38.8%
To the body 77 / 86 89.5% 71.6% 242 / 360 67.2% 71.6%
To the legs 46 / 49 93.9% 83.3% 342 / 406 84.2% 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Hernandez L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Holland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 477 / 981 48.6% 39.5% 741 / 1548 47.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 94 / 130 72.3% 70.4% 112 / 165 67.9% 70.4%
On the ground 28 / 38 73.7% 69.0% 164 / 319 51.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 933 45.2% 37.9% 574 / 1442 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 123 / 158 77.8% 71.3% 250 / 369 67.8% 71.3%
To the legs 54 / 58 93.1% 82.1% 193 / 221 87.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5740.4% acc · 5.28/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1739.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.35
1568.2% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
6757.8% def · norm 63.3%
82:2550.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
40:4613.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
18:201:41 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
100:394:53 per 15 · norm 3:00
151.39/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
130.63/15 · norm 0.45

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