Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Sanford
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Josh Koscheck
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 2 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500
Chris Sanford
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 6 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Josh Koscheck
Distance 74.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 8.1%)
Chris Sanford
Distance 100.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Josh Koscheck
Head 88.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.0%)
Chris Sanford
Head 50.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 50.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Koscheck L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Sanford L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 204 / 880 | 23.2% | 38.5% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 45 / 69 | 65.2% | 67.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 179 / 234 | 76.5% | 67.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 322 / 1041 | 30.9% | 36.4% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 38.8% |
| To the body | 80 / 110 | 72.7% | 70.7% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 26 / 32 | 81.2% | 83.0% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Koscheck L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Sanford L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 413 / 1275 | 32.4% | 39.1% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 74 / 97 | 76.3% | 68.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 40 / 59 | 67.8% | 68.0% | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 319 / 1139 | 28.0% | 35.6% | 13 / 16 | too few to rate | 37.9% |
| To the body | 45 / 83 | 54.2% | 69.6% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 163 / 209 | 78.0% | 82.2% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Koscheck has more cage time on record.