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Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 12-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
12-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
42
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
76"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
190.3
Layoff (months)Δ 68.3 mo
122
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dustin Hazelett is a submission threat — 4.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Rick Story is a submission threat — 0.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Rick Story hunts takedowns — 2.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dustin Hazelett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

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

Rick Story

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 148
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1222.24/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
9013.80/min · norm 3.17
1913.51/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5152.17/min · norm 3.08
40.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 44.75%
46.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dustin Hazelett

Distance 73.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 20.2% (norm 8.1%)

Rick Story

Distance 74.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dustin Hazelett

Head 83.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.0%)

Rick Story

Head 73.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

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 Story L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 222 36.0% 38.5% 548 / 1606 34.1% 38.5%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 67.8% 201 / 312 64.4% 67.8%
On the ground 29 / 61 47.5% 67.0% 152 / 240 63.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 253 35.2% 36.4% 465 / 1586 29.3% 36.4%
To the body 22 / 33 66.7% 70.7% 312 / 432 72.2% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 16 too few to rate 83.0% 124 / 140 88.6% 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 Hazelett L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Story L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 216 41.2% 39.1% 395 / 1173 33.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 38 / 57 66.7% 68.9% 94 / 165 57.0% 68.9%
On the ground 64 / 87 73.6% 68.0% 26 / 36 72.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 118 / 266 44.4% 35.6% 336 / 1118 30.1% 35.6%
To the body 50 / 61 82.0% 69.6% 108 / 168 64.3% 69.6%
To the legs 23 / 33 69.7% 82.2% 71 / 88 80.7% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
250.0% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
4048.2% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.31
425.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4863.2% def · norm 63.9%
5:4610.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
74:5431.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
23:446:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
39:212:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
154.14/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
140.89/15 · norm 0.44

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