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Jan Blachowicz vs.
Luke Rockhold

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

12-9-2 Jan Blachowicz · UFC
6-5-0 Luke Rockhold · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-9-2
UFC record
6-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43.4
AgeΔ 1.6 yrs
41.8
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 47.3 mo
47.5
LDLLD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Luke Rockhold is a submission threat — 1.06 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Luke Rockhold outworks the Middleweight division — 4.42 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Jan Blachowicz is a submission threat — 0.36 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight 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.

Jan Blachowicz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Luke Rockhold

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10403.53/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
3764.42/min · norm 3.25
9533.23/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2853.35/min · norm 3.20
50.2%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
56.9%norm 47.4%
51.6%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 53.8%
70.36/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.35/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jan Blachowicz

Distance 85.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.4%)

Luke Rockhold

Distance 68.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 26.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jan Blachowicz

Head 73.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Luke Rockhold

Head 71.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Blachowicz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Rockhold L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 815 / 1762 46.3% 41.4% 223 / 454 49.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 107 / 151 70.9% 70.9% 26 / 35 74.3% 70.3%
On the ground 118 / 157 75.2% 72.3% 127 / 172 73.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 639 / 1530 41.8% 38.9% 221 / 469 47.1% 38.9%
To the body 215 / 319 67.4% 71.9% 97 / 124 78.2% 71.7%
To the legs 186 / 221 84.2% 81.8% 58 / 68 85.3% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Blachowicz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Rockhold L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 628 / 1520 41.3% 40.4% 216 / 470 46.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 80 / 108 74.1% 68.7% 38 / 46 82.6% 70.9%
On the ground 245 / 340 72.1% 70.4% 31 / 35 88.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 563 / 1428 39.4% 37.5% 149 / 384 38.8% 37.9%
To the body 156 / 254 61.4% 72.3% 84 / 112 75.0% 71.3%
To the legs 234 / 286 81.8% 83.0% 52 / 55 94.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1948.7% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
630.0% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.42
4270.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
753.8% def · norm 63.1%
39:1213.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
18:4222.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
79:114:01 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
14:182:31 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.36/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
61.06/15 · norm 0.47

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

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