Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch

UFC 13-8-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-8-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
105.1
Layoff (months)Δ 64.4 mo
169.5
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Johny Hendricks hunts takedowns — 3.67 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Johny Hendricks owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Ricardo Funch owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Johny Hendricks

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 138
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Ricardo Funch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 04
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.23 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8853.55/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
952.61/min · norm 3.17
9793.93/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1303.57/min · norm 3.06
45.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
65.1%norm 44.9%
53.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
40.1%norm 55.25%
60.36/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Johny Hendricks

Distance 79.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

Ricardo Funch

Distance 54.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 32.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Johny Hendricks

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)

Ricardo Funch

Head 50.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 33.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hendricks L/AAccWelterweight med Funch L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 605 / 1542 39.2% 38.6% 35 / 80 43.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 208 / 297 70.0% 67.8% 42 / 48 87.5% 67.8%
On the ground 72 / 99 72.7% 67.2% 18 / 18 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 584 / 1577 37.0% 37.2% 34 / 74 45.9% 37.2%
To the body 77 / 105 73.3% 70.7% 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 224 / 256 87.5% 82.9% 47 / 49 95.9% 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 Hendricks L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Funch L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 720 / 1736 41.5% 39.0% 47 / 108 43.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 189 / 286 66.1% 68.9% 52 / 68 76.5% 68.9%
On the ground 70 / 78 89.7% 68.0% 31 / 41 75.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 620 / 1627 38.1% 35.6% 93 / 174 53.4% 35.6%
To the body 256 / 349 73.4% 69.6% 25 / 30 83.3% 69.6%
To the legs 103 / 124 83.1% 82.1% 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
6150.0% acc · 3.67/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
318.8% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.27
2767.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1260.0% def · norm 63.9%
80:1832.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
10:3929.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
21:291:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:516:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.36/15 · 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 — Hendricks has more cage time on record.