Gaston Bolanos vs. Michael Aswell Jr.
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Gaston Bolanos
Full career not yet synced for Gaston Bolanos — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500
Michael Aswell Jr.
Full career not yet synced for Michael Aswell Jr. — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Gaston Bolanos
Distance 86.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 6.4%)
Michael Aswell Jr.
Distance 94.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Gaston Bolanos
Head 62.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 20.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.9% (norm 8.4%)
Michael Aswell Jr.
Head 87.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bolanos L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Aswell L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 191 / 428 | 44.6% | 39.2% | 351 / 884 | 39.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 22 / 36 | 61.1% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 35 / 55 | 63.6% | 70.2% | 11 / 20 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 104 / 312 | 33.3% | 35.3% | 296 / 818 | 36.2% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 68 / 100 | 68.0% | 66.9% | 55 / 80 | 68.8% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 64 / 84 | 76.2% | 79.2% | 33 / 42 | 78.6% | 80.3% |
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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Bolanos L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Aswell L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 187 / 437 | 42.8% | 39.4% | 364 / 803 | 45.3% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 14 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 72.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 171 / 412 | 41.5% | 34.9% | 230 / 621 | 37.0% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 38 / 51 | 74.5% | 66.1% | 106 / 140 | 75.7% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 78.8% | 42 / 62 | 67.7% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Bolanos has more cage time on record.