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Dustin Hazelett vs.
Mark Bocek

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

5-5-0 Dustin Hazelett · UFC
8-5-0 Mark Bocek · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-5-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
6'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'8"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
187.8
Layoff (months)Δ 40.1 mo
147.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Dustin Hazelett is a submission threat — 4.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Mark Bocek owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Mark Bocek is a submission threat — 1.32 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 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.

Dustin Hazelett

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

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Mark Bocek

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1222.24/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3472.34/min · norm 3.42
1913.51/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3442.32/min · norm 3.37
40.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.6%norm 43.5%
46.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Dustin Hazelett

Distance 73.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.2% (norm 8.1%)

Mark Bocek

Distance 52.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 30.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Dustin Hazelett

Head 83.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)

Mark Bocek

Head 79.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hazelett L/AAccWelterweight med Bocek L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 222 36.0% 38.6% 105 / 417 25.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 67.8% 107 / 136 78.7% 67.3%
On the ground 29 / 61 47.5% 67.2% 135 / 242 55.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 253 35.2% 37.2% 212 / 630 33.7% 35.0%
To the body 22 / 33 66.7% 70.7% 74 / 96 77.1% 69.1%
To the legs 11 / 16 too few to rate 82.9% 61 / 69 88.4% 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 Hazelett L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Bocek L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 216 41.2% 39.0% 181 / 630 28.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 38 / 57 66.7% 68.9% 103 / 143 72.0% 68.6%
On the ground 64 / 87 73.6% 68.0% 60 / 98 61.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 118 / 266 44.4% 35.6% 237 / 728 32.6% 35.1%
To the body 50 / 61 82.0% 69.6% 66 / 96 68.8% 68.1%
To the legs 23 / 33 69.7% 82.1% 41 / 47 87.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

250.0% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3636.7% acc · 3.65/15 · norm 1.38
425.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
531.3% def · norm 64.0%
5:4610.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
80:4654.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
23:446:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:032:20 per 15 · norm 2:46
154.14/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
131.32/15 · norm 0.49

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

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