Georges St-Pierre vs. Michael Bisping
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Georges St-Pierre
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 20 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 2.01 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts
In the UFC: 17-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500
Michael Bisping
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 20 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 0 |
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
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Georges St-Pierre
Distance 68.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 26.6% (norm 8.1%)
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)
Georges St-Pierre
Head 74.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.0%)
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 | St-Pierre L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Bisping L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 755 / 1689 | 44.7% | 38.5% | 1271 / 3664 | 34.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 97 / 125 | 77.6% | 67.8% | 152 / 241 | 63.1% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 461 / 656 | 70.3% | 67.0% | 144 / 255 | 56.5% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 850 / 1847 | 46.0% | 36.4% | 1132 / 3600 | 31.4% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 245 / 341 | 71.8% | 70.7% | 195 / 283 | 68.9% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 218 / 282 | 77.3% | 83.0% | 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 (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 St-Pierre L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Bisping L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 351 / 1613 | 21.8% | 39.1% | 820 / 2543 | 32.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 141 | 66.0% | 68.9% | 84 / 168 | 50.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 52 / 88 | 59.1% | 68.0% | 95 / 173 | 54.9% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 289 / 1504 | 19.2% | 35.6% | 587 / 2294 | 25.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 114 / 182 | 62.6% | 69.6% | 185 / 312 | 59.3% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 93 / 156 | 59.6% | 82.2% | 227 / 278 | 81.7% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Bisping has more cage time on record.