Dustin Jacoby vs. Darren Stewart

UFC 10-7-1 vs. 5-7-0 (2 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-7-1
UFC record
5-7-0 (2 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 3 yrs
35
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 58.9 mo
59.3
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dustin Jacoby rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Dustin Jacoby outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 5.33 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 norm.
Opponents land 48% of their head shots on Darren Stewart, vs a 38% Middleweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dustin Jacoby

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Darren Stewart

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 57
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9355.33/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
3923.05/min · norm 3.25
7494.27/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4223.29/min · norm 3.20
45.8%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 47.4%
57.8%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
48.5%norm 53.8%
70.60/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dustin Jacoby

Distance 93.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 10.4%)

Darren Stewart

Distance 72.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Dustin Jacoby

Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 9.7%)

Darren Stewart

Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jacoby L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Stewart L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 840 / 1899 44.2% 41.4% 223 / 625 35.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 75 / 102 73.5% 70.9% 116 / 151 76.8% 70.3%
On the ground 20 / 42 47.6% 72.3% 53 / 84 63.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 617 / 1618 38.1% 38.9% 248 / 678 36.6% 38.9%
To the body 129 / 192 67.2% 71.9% 58 / 73 79.5% 71.7%
To the legs 189 / 233 81.1% 81.8% 86 / 109 78.9% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Jacoby L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Stewart L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 656 / 1630 40.2% 40.4% 236 / 568 41.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 52 / 83 62.7% 68.7% 128 / 178 71.9% 70.9%
On the ground 41 / 61 67.2% 70.4% 58 / 74 78.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 515 / 1470 35.0% 37.5% 316 / 661 47.8% 37.9%
To the body 98 / 147 66.7% 72.3% 64 / 102 62.7% 71.3%
To the legs 136 / 157 86.6% 83.0% 42 / 57 73.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
320.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1545.5% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.42
2757.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
5467.5% def · norm 63.1%
13:197.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
20:4516.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
18:321:35 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
44:255:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.12/15 · norm 0.47

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