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Dennis Hallman vs. Jorge Rivera

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 8-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
8-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
50
AgeΔ 4 yrs
54
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
178.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
177
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dennis Hallman is a submission threat — 2.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Jorge Rivera carries real power — 1.04 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Dennis Hallman owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dennis Hallman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 115
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3915

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 42 finish wins over 73 documented bouts

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

Jorge Rivera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

941.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3783.27/min · norm 3.23
1641.96/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2802.42/min · norm 3.20
45.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
49.7%norm 47.4%
43.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 53.8%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
81.04/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dennis Hallman

Distance 43.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 38.3% (norm 8.1%)

Jorge Rivera

Distance 45.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 33.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 21.7% (norm 10.0%)

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

Dennis Hallman

Head 79.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.0%)

Jorge Rivera

Head 78.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hallman L/AAccWelterweight med Rivera L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 23 / 91 25.3% 38.5% 114 / 343 33.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 20 / 38 52.6% 67.8% 165 / 253 65.2% 70.6%
On the ground 51 / 80 63.8% 67.0% 99 / 165 60.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 166 38.0% 36.4% 243 / 594 40.9% 38.8%
To the body 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7% 86 / 104 82.7% 71.6%
To the legs 12 / 17 too few to rate 83.0% 49 / 63 77.8% 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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Rivera L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 127 40.2% 39.1% 96 / 329 29.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 68.9% 132 / 238 55.5% 70.4%
On the ground 80 / 120 66.7% 68.0% 52 / 86 60.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 227 49.8% 35.6% 175 / 519 33.7% 37.9%
To the body 37 / 43 86.0% 69.6% 60 / 82 73.2% 71.3%
To the legs 14 / 21 too few to rate 82.2% 45 / 52 86.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1030.3% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
750.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.35
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2764.3% def · norm 63.3%
30:4836.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:5233.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
33:295:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
35:214:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
122.15/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.45

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