Josh Fremd vs.
Jamie Pickett
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.
Josh Fremd
Full career not yet synced for Josh Fremd — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500
Jamie Pickett
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 9 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 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)
Josh Fremd
Distance 86.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 10.3%)
Jamie Pickett
Distance 86.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Josh Fremd
Head 68.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 8.4%)
Jamie Pickett
Head 73.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Fremd L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Pickett L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 135 / 336 | 40.2% | 40.5% | 189 / 461 | 41.0% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 40 | 70.0% | 70.3% | 52 / 70 | 74.3% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 84 / 265 | 31.7% | 38.9% | 136 / 393 | 34.6% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 54 / 75 | 72.0% | 71.7% | 82 / 112 | 73.2% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 35 / 49 | 71.4% | 83.3% | 23 / 28 | 82.1% | 83.3% |
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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Fremd L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Pickett L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 105 / 222 | 47.3% | 39.5% | 215 / 503 | 42.7% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 12 / 26 | 46.2% | 70.9% | 115 / 134 | 85.8% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 36 / 41 | 87.8% | 69.0% | 26 / 50 | 52.0% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 86 / 200 | 43.0% | 37.9% | 217 / 509 | 42.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 31 / 46 | 67.4% | 71.3% | 112 / 145 | 77.2% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 36 / 43 | 83.7% | 82.1% | 27 / 33 | 81.8% | 82.1% |
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 — Pickett has more cage time on record.