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Iwo Baraniewski vs. Austen Lane

UFC 3-1-0 vs. 1-5-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-1-0
UFC record
1-5-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
27
AgeΔ 11 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 6"
6'6"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 6 mo
7
LWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Iwo Baraniewski carries real power — 3.27 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Austen Lane owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Austen Lane hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Iwo Baraniewski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.15 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Austen Lane

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 26
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1055.72/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
852.47/min · norm 3.28
925.01/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
882.56/min · norm 3.19
55.9%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.5%
59.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
36.2%norm 52.5%
43.27/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.44/15 · norm 0.29

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

Iwo Baraniewski

Distance 64.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 18.6% (norm 10.6%)

Austen Lane

Distance 83.6% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Iwo Baraniewski

Head 85.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 9.7%)

Austen Lane

Head 67.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Baraniewski L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Lane L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 122 50.8% 41.5% 72 / 138 52.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 22 / 31 71.0% 70.8% 1 / 5 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 21 / 35 60.0% 72.9% 12 / 22 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 81 / 161 50.3% 39.2% 43 / 111 38.7% 39.0%
To the body 17 / 20 too few to rate 72.0% 25 / 33 75.8% 77.0%
To the legs 7 / 7 too few to rate 82.1% 17 / 21 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Baraniewski L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Lane L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 179 34.1% 40.6% 58 / 100 58.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 31 / 48 64.6% 68.8% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4% 15 / 18 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 85 / 211 40.3% 37.7% 66 / 114 57.9% 39.3%
To the body 4 / 11 too few to rate 72.9% 8 / 8 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 3 / 5 too few to rate 83.1% 14 / 16 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.82/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
430.8% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 0.90
583.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 63.2%
4:5126.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
14:2041.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
3:002:27 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
4:021:45 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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