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Antoni Hardonk vs.
Frank Mir

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

4-4-0 Antoni Hardonk · UFC
16-11-0 Frank Mir · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0
UFC record
16-11-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
50.5
AgeΔ 3.3 yrs
47.2
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
201.4
Layoff (months)Δ 76.8 mo
124.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Frank Mir is a submission threat — 2.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Antoni Hardonk is a submission threat — 0.88 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Antoni Hardonk carries real power — 0.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 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.

Antoni Hardonk

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Frank Mir

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

In the UFC: 10-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1743.40/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3392.18/min · norm 3.36
1573.07/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
5983.84/min · norm 3.19
61.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 47.8%
47.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
39.0%norm 52.5%
30.88/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
80.77/15 · norm 0.28

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

Antoni Hardonk

Distance 58.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 32.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 9.3%)

Frank Mir

Distance 59.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 9.3%)

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

Antoni Hardonk

Head 64.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 7.6%)

Frank Mir

Head 75.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hardonk L/AAccHeavyweight med Mir L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 164 49.4% 40.1% 143 / 429 33.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 68 / 92 73.9% 70.6% 113 / 149 75.8% 70.6%
On the ground 25 / 27 92.6% 70.2% 83 / 143 58.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 181 49.7% 38.9% 182 / 543 33.5% 38.9%
To the body 37 / 46 80.4% 76.8% 103 / 118 87.3% 76.8%
To the legs 47 / 56 83.9% 87.8% 54 / 60 90.0% 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 Hardonk L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Mir L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 156 42.3% 40.7% 203 / 480 42.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 36 / 48 75.0% 70.6% 195 / 259 75.3% 70.6%
On the ground 55 / 92 59.8% 72.0% 200 / 241 83.0% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 242 46.3% 38.8% 391 / 746 52.4% 38.8%
To the body 18 / 22 too few to rate 75.1% 139 / 161 86.3% 75.1%
To the legs 27 / 32 84.4% 84.4% 68 / 73 93.2% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 2.02/15 · norm 0.95
840.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
654.5% def · norm 64.3%
2:244.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
39:1125.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
32:139:26 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
49:344:46 per 15 · norm 2:28
30.88/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
212.02/15 · norm 0.16

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

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