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Court McGee vs. Robert Whittaker

UFC 11-14-0 vs. 18-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-14-0
UFC record
18-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41
AgeΔ 6 yrs
35
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 2.7 mo
3.3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Robert Whittaker carries real power — 0.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Robert Whittaker rarely shoots — 0.71 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Court McGee outworks the Welterweight division — 4.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Court McGee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1113
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Robert Whittaker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 187
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 16-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14624.62/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
14894.41/min · norm 3.23
12293.88/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
11483.40/min · norm 3.20
36.8%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
43.4%norm 47.4%
60.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 53.8%
30.14/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
120.53/15 · norm 0.32

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

Court McGee

Distance 91.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)

Robert Whittaker

Distance 90.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

Court McGee

Head 72.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.0%)

Robert Whittaker

Head 83.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McGee L/AAccWelterweight med Whittaker L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1246 / 3641 34.2% 38.5% 1288 / 3106 41.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 93 / 169 55.0% 67.8% 100 / 167 59.9% 70.6%
On the ground 123 / 163 75.5% 67.0% 101 / 159 63.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 772 / 2897 26.6% 36.4% 1069 / 2869 37.3% 38.8%
To the body 329 / 622 52.9% 70.7% 153 / 250 61.2% 71.6%
To the legs 361 / 454 79.5% 83.0% 267 / 313 85.3% 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: 180 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 McGee L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Whittaker L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1081 / 2847 38.0% 39.1% 965 / 2563 37.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 122 / 195 62.6% 68.9% 120 / 172 69.8% 70.4%
On the ground 26 / 42 61.9% 68.0% 63 / 77 81.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 882 / 2585 34.1% 35.6% 645 / 2110 30.6% 37.9%
To the body 227 / 356 63.8% 69.6% 234 / 378 61.9% 71.3%
To the legs 120 / 143 83.9% 82.2% 269 / 324 83.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3623.7% acc · 1.70/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1638.1% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.35
3470.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
7680.0% def · norm 63.3%
73:3323.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
26:397.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
15:420:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
36:231:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
90.43/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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