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Derrick Lewis vs.
Mark Hunt

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

20-12-0 Derrick Lewis · UFC
8-8-1 (1 NC) Mark Hunt · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

20-12-0
UFC record
8-8-1 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
41.5
AgeΔ 10.9 yrs
52.4
6'3"
HeightΔ 5"
5'10"
79"
ReachΔ 7"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 90.4 mo
92.1
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Mark Hunt carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Derrick Lewis carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Mark Hunt rarely shoots — 0.52 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Derrick Lewis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2013
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-12 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Mark Hunt

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

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6822.41/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
4792.38/min · norm 3.36
7912.79/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
6673.32/min · norm 3.19
48.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 47.8%
38.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 52.5%
110.58/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
90.67/15 · norm 0.28

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

Derrick Lewis

Distance 57.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 29.3% (norm 9.3%)

Mark Hunt

Distance 91.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Derrick Lewis

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.6%)

Mark Hunt

Head 86.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lewis L/AAccHeavyweight med Hunt L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 802 33.9% 40.1% 405 / 1010 40.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 126 / 184 68.5% 70.6% 34 / 44 77.3% 70.6%
On the ground 284 / 408 69.6% 70.2% 40 / 51 78.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 538 / 1188 45.3% 38.9% 378 / 960 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 115 / 164 70.1% 76.8% 51 / 83 61.4% 76.8%
To the legs 29 / 42 69.0% 87.8% 50 / 62 80.6% 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 Lewis L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Hunt L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 447 / 834 53.6% 40.7% 428 / 990 43.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 126 / 176 71.6% 70.6% 54 / 84 64.3% 70.6%
On the ground 218 / 281 77.6% 72.0% 185 / 235 78.7% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 509 / 940 54.1% 38.8% 482 / 1073 44.9% 38.8%
To the body 153 / 205 74.6% 75.1% 110 / 140 78.6% 75.1%
To the legs 129 / 146 88.4% 84.4% 75 / 96 78.1% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1025.6% acc · 0.53/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
753.8% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 0.95
5551.9% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5065.8% def · norm 64.3%
30:4910.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
19:439.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
100:455:20 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
49:043:39 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.16

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

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