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Jorge Rivera vs. Martin Kampmann

UFC 8-7-0 vs. 11-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-7-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
54
AgeΔ 10 yrs
44
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
177
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
157.7
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Martin Kampmann is a submission threat — 2.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Jorge Rivera carries real power — 1.04 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Jorge Rivera owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jorge Rivera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Martin Kampmann

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3783.27/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
4943.22/min · norm 3.17
2802.42/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5043.28/min · norm 3.08
49.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 44.75%
57.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.0%norm 55.25%
81.04/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.49/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jorge Rivera

Distance 45.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 33.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 21.7% (norm 10.0%)

Martin Kampmann

Distance 74.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 15.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jorge Rivera

Head 78.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)

Martin Kampmann

Head 88.3% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rivera L/AAccMiddleweight med Kampmann L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 343 33.2% 40.5% 299 / 872 34.3% 38.5%
In the clinch 165 / 253 65.2% 70.6% 110 / 175 62.9% 67.8%
On the ground 99 / 165 60.0% 69.4% 85 / 119 71.4% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 243 / 594 40.9% 38.8% 390 / 1030 37.9% 36.4%
To the body 86 / 104 82.7% 71.6% 87 / 113 77.0% 70.7%
To the legs 49 / 63 77.8% 83.3% 17 / 23 too few to rate 83.0%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Rivera L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Kampmann L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 96 / 329 29.2% 39.5% 372 / 1089 34.2% 39.1%
In the clinch 132 / 238 55.5% 70.4% 104 / 189 55.0% 68.9%
On the ground 52 / 86 60.5% 69.0% 28 / 50 56.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 175 / 519 33.7% 37.9% 355 / 1122 31.6% 35.6%
To the body 60 / 82 73.2% 71.3% 96 / 134 71.6% 69.6%
To the legs 45 / 52 86.5% 82.1% 53 / 72 73.6% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
750.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1941.3% acc · 1.86/15 · norm 1.31
2764.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
5178.5% def · norm 63.9%
38:5233.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
45:1629.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
35:214:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
27:322:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.13/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
212.05/15 · norm 0.44

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