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Frank Trigg vs. Josh Koscheck

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 15-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
15-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
54
AgeΔ 6 yrs
48
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
200.4
Layoff (months)Δ 61.4 mo
139
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Frank Trigg is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Frank Trigg owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Frank Trigg

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 194

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Josh Koscheck

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

742.70/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4281.79/min · norm 3.17
642.34/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5272.21/min · norm 3.08
47.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
36.2%norm 44.75%
51.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 55.25%
10.55/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.25/15 · norm 0.38

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

Frank Trigg

Distance 40.1% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 45.2% (norm 8.1%)

Josh Koscheck

Distance 74.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Frank Trigg

Head 87.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 8.0%)

Josh Koscheck

Head 88.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trigg L/AAccWelterweight med Koscheck L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 63 22.2% 38.5% 204 / 880 23.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 15 / 23 too few to rate 67.8% 45 / 69 65.2% 67.8%
On the ground 45 / 71 63.4% 67.0% 179 / 234 76.5% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 138 45.7% 36.4% 322 / 1041 30.9% 36.4%
To the body 10 / 17 too few to rate 70.7% 80 / 110 72.7% 70.7%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 83.0% 26 / 32 81.2% 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Trigg L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Koscheck L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 19 / 71 26.8% 39.1% 413 / 1275 32.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 4 / 11 too few to rate 68.9% 74 / 97 76.3% 68.9%
On the ground 41 / 49 83.7% 68.0% 40 / 59 67.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 109 47.7% 35.6% 319 / 1139 28.0% 35.6%
To the body 6 / 16 too few to rate 69.6% 45 / 83 54.2% 69.6%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.2% 163 / 209 78.0% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
266.7% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
4048.2% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.31
1076.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1864.3% def · norm 63.9%
12:0844.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
92:1238.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:544:19 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
24:221:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
21.10/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
70.44/15 · norm 0.44

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