Daniel Spohn vs.
Patrick Walsh
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 Spohn
Full career not yet synced for Daniel Spohn — 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
Patrick Walsh
Full career not yet synced for Patrick Walsh — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Daniel Spohn
Distance 78.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 10.4%)
Patrick Walsh
Distance 96.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Daniel Spohn
Head 90.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 9.7%)
Patrick Walsh
Head 99.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Spohn L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Walsh L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 17 / 40 | 42.5% | 41.4% | 54 / 308 | 17.5% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 6 / 11 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 20 / 46 | 43.5% | 38.9% | 60 / 319 | 18.8% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 71.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 1 / 1 | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Spohn L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Walsh L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 4 / 12 | too few to rate | 40.4% | 78 / 230 | 33.9% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 6 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 11 / 24 | too few to rate | 37.5% | 79 / 233 | 33.9% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Walsh has more cage time on record.