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Dennis Hallman vs.
Jens Pulver

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

4-5-0 Dennis Hallman · UFC
6-2-1 Jens Pulver · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
6-2-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
50
AgeΔ 1 yrs
51
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
175.9
Layoff (months)Δ 53.5 mo
229.4
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Dennis Hallman is a submission threat — 2.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Dennis Hallman owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Jens Pulver owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
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.

Dennis Hallman

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

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Jens Pulver

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

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

941.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2281.95/min · norm 3.42
1641.96/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2051.75/min · norm 3.37
45.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.1%norm 43.5%
43.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 56.3%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Dennis Hallman

Distance 43.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 38.3% (norm 8.1%)

Jens Pulver

Distance 53.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 20.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 26.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Dennis Hallman

Head 79.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.4%)

Jens Pulver

Head 88.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hallman L/AAccWelterweight med Pulver L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 23 / 91 25.3% 38.6% 72 / 312 23.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 20 / 38 52.6% 67.8% 79 / 117 67.5% 67.3%
On the ground 51 / 80 63.8% 67.2% 77 / 154 50.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 166 38.0% 37.2% 168 / 516 32.6% 35.0%
To the body 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7% 38 / 44 86.4% 69.1%
To the legs 12 / 17 too few to rate 82.9% 22 / 23 too few to rate 81.9%

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: 182 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Hallman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Pulver L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 127 40.2% 39.0% 124 / 317 39.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 68.9% 46 / 75 61.3% 68.6%
On the ground 80 / 120 66.7% 68.0% 35 / 51 68.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 227 49.8% 35.6% 128 / 331 38.7% 35.1%
To the body 37 / 43 86.0% 69.6% 31 / 44 70.5% 68.1%
To the legs 14 / 21 too few to rate 82.1% 46 / 68 67.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1030.3% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.38
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
5374.6% def · norm 64.0%
30:4836.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
44:3938.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
33:295:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
17:232:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
122.15/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.51/15 · norm 0.49

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

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