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David Mitchell vs. TJ Waldburger

UFC 1-4-0 vs. 4-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-4-0
UFC record
4-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 8 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
156.3
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
151.9
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
TJ Waldburger is a submission threat — 4.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
David Mitchell is a submission threat — 1.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
TJ Waldburger hunts takedowns — 3.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

David Mitchell

Full career not yet synced for David Mitchell — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

TJ Waldburger

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.52 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1181.74/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1202.02/min · norm 3.17
1402.06/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1422.39/min · norm 3.08
32.5%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
51.3%norm 44.75%
55.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
40.1%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.50/15 · norm 0.38

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

David Mitchell

Distance 77.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 8.1%)

TJ Waldburger

Distance 61.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 26.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

David Mitchell

Head 83.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.0%)

TJ Waldburger

Head 78.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mitchell L/AAccWelterweight med Waldburger L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 281 24.6% 38.5% 59 / 144 41.0% 38.5%
In the clinch 28 / 48 58.3% 67.8% 20 / 28 71.4% 67.8%
On the ground 21 / 34 61.8% 67.0% 41 / 62 66.1% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 302 26.2% 36.4% 76 / 183 41.5% 36.4%
To the body 28 / 39 71.8% 70.7% 20 / 23 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 22 too few to rate 83.0% 24 / 28 85.7% 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 Mitchell L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Waldburger L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 186 35.5% 39.1% 46 / 115 40.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 22 / 42 52.4% 68.9% 35 / 50 70.0% 68.9%
On the ground 52 / 89 58.4% 68.0% 61 / 72 84.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 275 39.6% 35.6% 102 / 180 56.7% 35.6%
To the body 14 / 22 too few to rate 69.6% 24 / 35 68.6% 69.6%
To the legs 17 / 20 too few to rate 82.2% 16 / 22 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1246.2% acc · 3.03/15 · norm 1.31
729.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
640.0% def · norm 63.9%
7:4011.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
20:5335.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
36:137:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
17:284:24 per 15 · norm 3:15
91.99/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
194.79/15 · norm 0.44

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