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Emil Meek vs. Bartosz Fabinski

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
40
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
79.9
Layoff (months)Δ 13.8 mo
66.1
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bartosz Fabinski hunts takedowns — 7.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Bartosz Fabinski owns the mat — in control 79% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Emil Meek is a submission threat — 1.00 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Emil Meek

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Bartosz Fabinski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1512.52/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1132.23/min · norm 3.23
1522.53/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
741.46/min · norm 3.20
39.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
68.1%norm 47.4%
38.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Emil Meek

Distance 73.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 14.6% (norm 8.1%)

Bartosz Fabinski

Distance 37.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 33.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 28.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Emil Meek

Head 80.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.0%)

Bartosz Fabinski

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Meek L/AAccWelterweight med Fabinski L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 281 27.4% 38.5% 30 / 62 48.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 29 / 46 63.0% 67.8% 50 / 56 89.3% 70.6%
On the ground 45 / 56 80.4% 67.0% 33 / 48 68.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 100 / 308 32.5% 36.4% 68 / 119 57.1% 38.8%
To the body 35 / 49 71.4% 70.7% 34 / 36 94.4% 71.6%
To the legs 16 / 26 61.5% 83.0% 11 / 11 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Meek L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fabinski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 151 51.0% 39.1% 28 / 98 28.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 17 / 22 too few to rate 68.9% 27 / 32 84.4% 70.4%
On the ground 58 / 75 77.3% 68.0% 19 / 22 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 197 56.3% 35.6% 58 / 132 43.9% 37.9%
To the body 20 / 28 71.4% 69.6% 8 / 12 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 21 / 23 too few to rate 82.2% 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
2470.6% acc · 7.10/15 · norm 1.35
1947.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 63.3%
8:4114.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
40:1079.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
36:049:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
5:301:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
41.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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