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Dustin Hazelett vs.
Stevie Lynch

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
0-1-0 Stevie Lynch · 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
0-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40.3
Age
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
187.8
Layoff (months)Δ 41.9 mo
229.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.
Stevie Lynch absorbs 7.06 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Stevie Lynch rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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

Stevie Lynch

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 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
72.47/min · norm 3.17
1913.51/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
207.06/min · norm 3.06
40.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
25.0%norm 44.9%
46.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
41.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Stevie Lynch

Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Stevie Lynch

Head 89.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.4%)

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 Lynch L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 222 36.0% 38.6% 7 / 28 25.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 67.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 29 / 61 47.5% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 253 35.2% 37.2% 5 / 25 20.0% 37.2%
To the body 22 / 33 66.7% 70.7% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 16 too few to rate 82.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Lynch L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 216 41.2% 39.0% 14 / 27 51.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 38 / 57 66.7% 68.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 64 / 87 73.6% 68.0% 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 118 / 266 44.4% 35.6% 16 / 30 53.3% 35.6%
To the body 50 / 61 82.0% 69.6% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 23 / 33 69.7% 82.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 82.1%
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
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
425.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.9%
5:4610.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:1911.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
23:446:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
0:171:30 per 15 · norm 3:15
154.14/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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