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Daniel Spitz vs.
Anthony Hamilton

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

1-3-0 Daniel Spitz · UFC
3-7-0 Anthony Hamilton · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
3-7-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
36
AgeΔ 10.3 yrs
46.3
6'7"
HeightΔ 2"
6'5"
82"
ReachΔ 6"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
81.6
Layoff (months)Δ 23 mo
104.6
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Anthony Hamilton hunts takedowns — 2.62 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Anthony Hamilton owns the mat — in control 43% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Daniel Spitz absorbs 5.30 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Daniel Spitz

Full career not yet synced for Daniel Spitz — 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 -1.5 wins over .500

Anthony Hamilton

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1052.60/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2463.91/min · norm 3.36
2145.30/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1903.02/min · norm 3.19
36.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
65.6%norm 47.8%
46.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
45.7%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.24/15 · norm 0.28

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

Daniel Spitz

Distance 94.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 9.3%)

Anthony Hamilton

Distance 39.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 31.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 29.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Daniel Spitz

Head 74.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.6%)

Anthony Hamilton

Head 50.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 43.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Spitz L/AAccHeavyweight med Hamilton L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 93 / 275 33.8% 40.1% 53 / 148 35.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 91 / 118 77.1% 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 102 / 109 93.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 59 / 218 27.1% 38.9% 77 / 190 40.5% 38.9%
To the body 24 / 46 52.2% 76.8% 151 / 162 93.2% 76.8%
To the legs 22 / 28 78.6% 87.8% 18 / 23 too few to rate 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 Spitz L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Hamilton L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 185 / 360 51.4% 40.7% 92 / 233 39.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 20 / 27 74.1% 70.6% 79 / 96 82.3% 70.6%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 72.0% 19 / 21 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 259 39.4% 38.8% 126 / 271 46.5% 38.8%
To the body 60 / 81 74.1% 75.1% 46 / 53 86.8% 75.1%
To the legs 52 / 58 89.7% 84.4% 18 / 26 69.2% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1142.3% acc · 2.62/15 · norm 0.95
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1178.6% def · norm 64.3%
1:052.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
26:5542.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
1:230:30 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:391:06 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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