Jason DeLucia vs.
Joe Slick
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Jason DeLucia
Full career not yet synced for Jason DeLucia — 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 +0.3 wins over .500
Joe Slick
Full career not yet synced for Joe Slick — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jason DeLucia
Distance 83.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 28.7%)
Joe Slick
Distance 44.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 44.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jason DeLucia
Head 50.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 33.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 5.2%)
Joe Slick
Head 83.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | DeLucia L/A | Acc | Open Weight med | Slick L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 27.8% | 2 / 8 | too few to rate | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 63.8% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 65.8% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 39.3% | 7 / 15 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 90.5% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 53.5% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 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 (Open Weight: 11 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 DeLucia L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med | vs Slick L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 37.0% | 3 / 18 | too few to rate | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 66.7% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.1% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 47.0% | 4 / 20 | too few to rate | 37.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 87.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 61.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — DeLucia has more cage time on record.