Evan Tanner vs. Robbie Lawler
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Evan Tanner
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Robbie Lawler
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 47 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Evan Tanner
Distance 46.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 34.5% (norm 10.0%)
Robbie Lawler
Distance 78.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Evan Tanner
Head 70.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)
Robbie Lawler
Head 85.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Tanner L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Lawler L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 129 / 301 | 42.9% | 40.5% | 927 / 2176 | 42.6% | 38.5% |
| In the clinch | 95 / 123 | 77.2% | 70.6% | 288 / 403 | 71.5% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 164 / 223 | 73.5% | 69.4% | 119 / 181 | 65.7% | 67.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 237 / 455 | 52.1% | 38.8% | 1012 / 2371 | 42.7% | 36.4% |
| To the body | 97 / 131 | 74.0% | 71.6% | 265 / 323 | 82.0% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 54 / 61 | 88.5% | 83.3% | 57 / 66 | 86.4% | 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 (Middleweight: 178 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 Tanner L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Lawler L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 173 / 528 | 32.8% | 39.5% | 1319 / 3467 | 38.0% | 39.1% |
| In the clinch | 103 / 135 | 76.3% | 70.4% | 293 / 437 | 67.0% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 25 / 46 | 54.3% | 69.0% | 38 / 53 | 71.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 223 / 616 | 36.2% | 37.9% | 1049 / 3155 | 33.2% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 52 / 62 | 83.9% | 71.3% | 332 / 468 | 70.9% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 26 / 31 | 83.9% | 82.1% | 269 / 334 | 80.5% | 82.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lawler has more cage time on record.