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Elvis Sinosic vs. Michael Bisping

UFC 1-6-0 vs. 20-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-6-0
UFC record
20-9-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
55
AgeΔ 8 yrs
47
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
234
Layoff (months)Δ 127.2 mo
106.8
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Elvis Sinosic is a submission threat — 1.23 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Elvis Sinosic's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight norm.
Michael Bisping outworks the Middleweight division — 4.29 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Elvis Sinosic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 16
Tier 3 — regional circuit 65

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.24 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Michael Bisping

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 209
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.45 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

551.13/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
15674.29/min · norm 3.23
2244.60/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9992.73/min · norm 3.20
37.9%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 47.4%
53.0%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
65.4%norm 53.8%
10.31/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
80.33/15 · norm 0.32

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

Elvis Sinosic

Distance 89.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 10.6%)

Michael Bisping

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.0%)

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

Elvis Sinosic

Head 67.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 6.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 25.5% (norm 9.7%)

Michael Bisping

Head 86.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sinosic L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Bisping L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 129 33.3% 41.5% 1271 / 3664 34.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 10 / 11 too few to rate 70.8% 152 / 241 63.1% 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 72.9% 144 / 255 56.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 98 19.4% 39.2% 1132 / 3600 31.4% 38.8%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 72.0% 195 / 283 68.9% 71.6%
To the legs 27 / 37 73.0% 82.1% 240 / 277 86.6% 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: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Sinosic L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Bisping L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 167 39.5% 40.6% 820 / 2543 32.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 10 / 18 too few to rate 68.8% 84 / 168 50.0% 70.4%
On the ground 148 / 292 50.7% 70.4% 95 / 173 54.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 431 43.9% 37.7% 587 / 2294 25.6% 37.9%
To the body 21 / 30 70.0% 72.9% 185 / 312 59.3% 71.3%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 83.1% 227 / 278 81.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2643.3% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.35
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
6263.3% def · norm 63.3%
1:152.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
33:069.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
37:1911:30 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
54:532:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
41.23/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.21/15 · norm 0.45

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