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Dan Stittgen vs. Stephen Thompson

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 12-9-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
12-9-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 2 yrs
43
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
—
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
171.3
Layoff (months)Δ 156 mo
15.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Stephen Thompson rarely shoots — 0.23 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 100% of their clinch strikes on Dan Stittgen, vs a 69% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Dan Stittgen absorbs 4.42 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dan Stittgen

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Stephen Thompson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

572.97/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
12934.05/min · norm 3.17
854.42/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9593.00/min · norm 3.08
46.3%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 44.75%
37.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
100.47/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dan Stittgen

Distance 91.1% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Stephen Thompson

Distance 93.2% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dan Stittgen

Head 45.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 35.0% (norm 8.0%)

Stephen Thompson

Head 79.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stittgen L/AAccWelterweight med Thompson L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 46 / 112 41.1% 38.5% 1158 / 2618 44.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 11 / 11 too few to rate 67.8% 88 / 119 73.9% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.0% 47 / 73 64.4% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 16 / 56 28.6% 36.4% 857 / 2220 38.6% 36.4%
To the body 12 / 24 too few to rate 70.7% 305 / 432 70.6% 70.7%
To the legs 29 / 43 67.4% 83.0% 131 / 158 82.9% 83.0%

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 · Welterweight: 180 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 Stittgen L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Thompson L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 102 51.0% 39.1% 666 / 1731 38.5% 39.1%
In the clinch 31 / 31 100.0% 68.9% 146 / 204 71.6% 68.9%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 147 / 191 77.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 58 34.5% 35.6% 512 / 1495 34.2% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 22 too few to rate 69.6% 172 / 276 62.3% 69.6%
To the legs 50 / 55 90.9% 82.2% 275 / 355 77.5% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.78/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
535.7% acc · 0.23/15 · norm 1.31
17100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
5063.3% def · norm 63.9%
0:131.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
19:186.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:355:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
60:122:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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