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Bobby Voelker vs.
Patrick Cote

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

0-4-0 Bobby Voelker · UFC
10-11-0 Patrick Cote · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
10-11-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
47
AgeΔ 1 yrs
46
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
146
Layoff (months)Δ 34.1 mo
111.9
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Bobby Voelker absorbs 5.73 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Patrick Cote rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 52% of their head shots on Bobby Voelker, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Bobby Voelker

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Patrick Cote

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

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1913.79/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6622.79/min · norm 3.25
2895.73/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
7703.25/min · norm 3.20
34.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 47.4%
41.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.4%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

Bobby Voelker

Distance 79.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 8.1%)

Patrick Cote

Distance 73.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Bobby Voelker

Head 83.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Patrick Cote

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Voelker L/AAccWelterweight med Cote L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 120 / 437 27.5% 38.6% 405 / 1008 40.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 55 / 85 64.7% 67.8% 135 / 210 64.3% 70.3%
On the ground 16 / 29 55.2% 67.2% 122 / 160 76.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 458 26.9% 37.2% 394 / 972 40.5% 38.9%
To the body 36 / 51 70.6% 70.7% 108 / 189 57.1% 71.7%
To the legs 32 / 42 76.2% 82.9% 160 / 217 73.7% 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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Voelker L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Cote L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 383 53.0% 39.0% 429 / 991 43.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 65 / 84 77.4% 68.9% 163 / 241 67.6% 70.9%
On the ground 21 / 26 80.8% 68.0% 178 / 260 68.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 396 52.3% 35.6% 461 / 1102 41.8% 37.9%
To the body 48 / 62 77.4% 69.6% 167 / 219 76.3% 71.3%
To the legs 34 / 35 97.1% 82.1% 142 / 171 83.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

450.0% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1019.6% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.42
1470.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2444.4% def · norm 63.1%
7:5715.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
40:5617.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:043:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
76:434:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.25/15 · norm 0.47

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

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