Joe Veres vs.
Corey Hill
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.
Joe Veres
Full career not yet synced for Joe Veres — 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
Corey Hill
Full career not yet synced for Corey Hill — 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 -1.0 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)
Joe Veres
Distance 100.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)
Corey Hill
Distance 63.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 15.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joe Veres
Head 90.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 7.9%)
Corey Hill
Head 81.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Veres L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Hill L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 10 | too few to rate | 37.9% | 33 / 97 | 34.0% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 22 / 33 | 66.7% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 0 / 9 | too few to rate | 35.0% | 50 / 125 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 18 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 3 / 7 | too few to rate | 81.9% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Veres L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Hill L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 13 | too few to rate | 38.9% | 23 / 88 | 26.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 9 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 22 / 26 | 84.6% | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 22 / 34 | 64.7% | 35.1% | 13 / 71 | 18.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 10 / 10 | too few to rate | 68.1% | 9 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 10 / 23 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
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 — Hill has more cage time on record.