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Jason Witt vs.
Cole Williams

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

2-4-0 Jason Witt · UFC
0-2-0 Cole Williams · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39.7
AgeΔ 2.9 yrs
42.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47.8
Layoff (months)Δ 21.4 mo
69.2
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Jason Witt hunts takedowns — 6.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jason Witt owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 74% of their head shots on Cole Williams, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Jason Witt

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Cole Williams

Full career not yet synced for Cole Williams — 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 +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

702.15/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
30.31/min · norm 3.17
832.54/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
525.34/min · norm 3.06
44.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
27.3%norm 44.9%
52.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
23.5%norm 55.25%
10.46/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jason Witt

Distance 74.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.5% (norm 8.1%)

Cole Williams

Distance 100.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jason Witt

Head 82.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 8.4%)

Cole Williams

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.2% (norm 12.4%) · 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 Witt L/AAccWelterweight med Williams L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 117 37.6% 38.6% 3 / 11 too few to rate 38.6%
In the clinch 6 / 11 too few to rate 67.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 20 / 29 69.0% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 129 39.5% 37.2% 3 / 9 too few to rate 37.2%
To the body 13 / 22 too few to rate 70.7% 0 / 2 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9%

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: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Witt L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Williams L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 54 / 137 39.4% 39.0% 13 / 21 too few to rate 39.0%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 68.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 29 82.8% 68.0% 38 / 46 82.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 81 / 163 49.7% 35.6% 42 / 57 73.7% 35.6%
To the body 0 / 5 too few to rate 69.6% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 2 / 5 too few to rate 82.1% 4 / 4 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1548.4% acc · 6.90/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
17:3553.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:020:28 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:4311:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.92/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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