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Joe Solecki vs. Austin Hubbard

UFC 5-4-0 vs. 4-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-4-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.3
Layoff (months)Δ 7.4 mo
13.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joe Solecki is a submission threat — 1.28 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Joe Solecki owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joe Solecki

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 62

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Austin Hubbard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2021.92/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
6223.97/min · norm 3.44
2001.90/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6414.10/min · norm 3.38
53.3%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
42.0%norm 43.65%
50.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Joe Solecki

Distance 74.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 21.1% (norm 8.0%)

Austin Hubbard

Distance 92.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Joe Solecki

Head 89.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.0%)

Austin Hubbard

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Solecki L/AAccLightweight med Hubbard L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 123 / 281 43.8% 38.3% 548 / 1363 40.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 13 / 18 too few to rate 67.5% 40 / 70 57.1% 67.5%
On the ground 66 / 80 82.5% 68.8% 34 / 47 72.3% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 169 / 338 50.0% 35.1% 326 / 1044 31.2% 35.1%
To the body 15 / 22 too few to rate 69.1% 176 / 295 59.7% 69.1%
To the legs 18 / 19 too few to rate 81.8% 120 / 141 85.1% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Solecki L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Hubbard L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 115 / 284 40.5% 38.8% 560 / 1330 42.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 24 / 26 92.3% 68.6% 45 / 57 78.9% 68.6%
On the ground 61 / 94 64.9% 68.0% 36 / 43 83.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 138 / 322 42.9% 35.2% 376 / 1070 35.1% 35.2%
To the body 41 / 55 74.5% 68.2% 117 / 184 63.6% 68.2%
To the legs 21 / 27 77.8% 81.5% 148 / 176 84.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1446.7% acc · 1.99/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1728.8% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.34
114.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
3068.2% def · norm 63.7%
45:5743.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
27:1917.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
34:504:57 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
25:352:27 per 15 · norm 2:50
91.28/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.48

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