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Josh Hokit vs.
Derrick Lewis

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

4-0-0 Josh Hokit · UFC
20-12-0 Derrick Lewis · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

4-0-0
UFC record
20-12-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
28.7
AgeΔ 12.8 yrs
41.5
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 6"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.7
WWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
The read

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.

Josh Hokit carries real power — 1.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Josh Hokit is a submission threat — 0.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Derrick Lewis carries real power — 0.58 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

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 Hokit

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 70
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.67 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Derrick Lewis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2013
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-12 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

30910.28/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
6822.41/min · norm 3.36
1846.12/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
7912.79/min · norm 3.19
63.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.8%
48.3%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
38.7%norm 52.5%
31.50/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
110.58/15 · norm 0.28

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

Josh Hokit

Distance 74.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 9.3%)

Derrick Lewis

Distance 57.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 29.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Josh Hokit

Head 92.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 7.6%)

Derrick Lewis

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hokit L/AAccHeavyweight med Lewis L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 358 58.4% 40.1% 272 / 802 33.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 52 / 66 78.8% 70.6% 126 / 184 68.5% 70.6%
On the ground 48 / 60 80.0% 70.2% 284 / 408 69.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 446 62.3% 38.9% 538 / 1188 45.3% 38.9%
To the body 26 / 33 78.8% 76.8% 115 / 164 70.1% 76.8%
To the legs 5 / 5 too few to rate 87.8% 29 / 42 69.0% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Hokit L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Lewis L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 119 / 273 43.6% 40.7% 447 / 834 53.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 63 / 80 78.8% 70.6% 126 / 176 71.6% 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 72.0% 218 / 281 77.6% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 156 / 324 48.1% 38.8% 509 / 940 54.1% 38.8%
To the body 20 / 22 too few to rate 75.1% 153 / 205 74.6% 75.1%
To the legs 8 / 10 too few to rate 84.4% 129 / 146 88.4% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

350.0% acc · 1.50/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1025.6% acc · 0.53/15 · norm 0.95
777.8% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5551.9% def · norm 64.3%
8:3028.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
30:4910.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
2:051:02 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
100:455:20 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.50/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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