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Hu Yaozong vs.
Rashad Coulter

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-3-0 Hu Yaozong · UFC
1-3-0 Rashad Coulter · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
31.3
AgeΔ 13.4 yrs
44.7
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
57.2
Layoff (months)Δ 35.2 mo
92.4
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Rashad Coulter absorbs 6.93 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Rashad Coulter rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Hu Yaozong rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Hu Yaozong

Full career not yet synced for Hu Yaozong — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Rashad Coulter

Full career not yet synced for Rashad Coulter — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1253.35/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1744.69/min · norm 3.36
1905.09/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2576.93/min · norm 3.19
48.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 47.8%
35.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.6%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.40/15 · norm 0.28

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

Hu Yaozong

Distance 85.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 10.3%)

Rashad Coulter

Distance 77.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 20.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Hu Yaozong

Head 66.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.4%)

Rashad Coulter

Head 88.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yaozong L/AAccMiddleweight med Coulter L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 219 45.2% 40.5% 120 / 245 49.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 24 / 36 66.7% 70.3% 52 / 66 78.8% 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 2 / 5 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 171 32.7% 38.9% 140 / 281 49.8% 38.9%
To the body 30 / 35 85.7% 71.7% 26 / 27 96.3% 76.8%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 83.3% 8 / 8 too few to rate 87.8%

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: 174 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Yaozong L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Coulter L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 205 55.6% 39.5% 173 / 402 43.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.9% 46 / 68 67.6% 70.6%
On the ground 48 / 54 88.9% 69.0% 38 / 50 76.0% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 260 61.2% 37.9% 152 / 391 38.9% 38.8%
To the body 23 / 26 88.5% 71.3% 41 / 48 85.4% 75.1%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 64 / 81 79.0% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
433.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
457.1% def · norm 64.3%
5:4915.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:512.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
15:586:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:555:13 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.40/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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