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Clint Hester vs.
Dylan Andrews

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

4-3-0 Clint Hester · UFC
2-3-0 Dylan Andrews · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.7
AgeΔ 7 yrs
46.7
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
123.4
Layoff (months)Δ 11.5 mo
134.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Dylan Andrews carries real power — 1.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Dylan Andrews hunts takedowns — 2.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Clint Hester carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight 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.

Clint Hester

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Dylan Andrews

Full career not yet synced for Dylan Andrews — 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 -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2483.36/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
822.21/min · norm 3.25
2543.44/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1012.72/min · norm 3.20
42.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 47.4%
56.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
46.8%norm 53.8%
30.61/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Clint Hester

Distance 85.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.3% (norm 10.3%)

Dylan Andrews

Distance 70.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Clint Hester

Head 84.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Dylan Andrews

Head 70.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hester L/AAccMiddleweight med Andrews L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 191 / 497 38.4% 40.5% 45 / 115 39.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 23 / 34 67.6% 70.3% 19 / 25 76.0% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 48 70.8% 69.1% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 179 / 490 36.5% 38.9% 48 / 115 41.7% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 54 77.8% 71.7% 19 / 25 76.0% 71.7%
To the legs 27 / 35 77.1% 83.3% 15 / 23 too few to rate 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: 174 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 Hester L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Andrews L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 153 / 451 33.9% 39.5% 54 / 130 41.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 18 too few to rate 70.9% 21 / 31 67.7% 70.9%
On the ground 93 / 120 77.5% 69.0% 26 / 29 89.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 510 38.0% 37.9% 77 / 158 48.7% 37.9%
To the body 30 / 39 76.9% 71.3% 18 / 24 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 30 / 40 75.0% 82.1% 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

535.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
750.0% acc · 2.83/15 · norm 1.42
1560.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
857.1% def · norm 63.1%
12:5117.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
5:5015.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
22:274:33 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
16:376:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.40/15 · norm 0.47

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

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