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Josh Koscheck vs. Drew Fickett

UFC 15-10-0 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-10-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
48
AgeΔ 2 yrs
46
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
139
Layoff (months)Δ 95.5 mo
234.5
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Drew Fickett is a submission threat — 1.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Koscheck

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

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

Drew Fickett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3420

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.3 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 32 finish wins over 63 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4281.79/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1552.45/min · norm 3.17
5272.21/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1412.23/min · norm 3.08
36.2%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 44.75%
63.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 55.25%
40.25/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.24/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Drew Fickett

Distance 53.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 27.1% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Drew Fickett

Head 72.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Koscheck L/AAccWelterweight med Fickett L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 880 23.2% 38.5% 57 / 199 28.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 45 / 69 65.2% 67.8% 50 / 73 68.5% 67.8%
On the ground 179 / 234 76.5% 67.0% 48 / 101 47.5% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 1041 30.9% 36.4% 74 / 271 27.3% 36.4%
To the body 80 / 110 72.7% 70.7% 54 / 65 83.1% 70.7%
To the legs 26 / 32 81.2% 83.0% 27 / 37 73.0% 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Koscheck L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fickett L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 413 / 1275 32.4% 39.1% 63 / 193 32.6% 39.1%
In the clinch 74 / 97 76.3% 68.9% 32 / 58 55.2% 68.9%
On the ground 40 / 59 67.8% 68.0% 46 / 84 54.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 319 / 1139 28.0% 35.6% 116 / 307 37.8% 35.6%
To the body 45 / 83 54.2% 69.6% 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 163 / 209 78.0% 82.2% 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4048.2% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
637.5% acc · 1.42/15 · norm 1.31
1864.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
730.4% def · norm 63.9%
92:1238.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
11:4618.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
24:221:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
30:257:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.44/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
81.90/15 · norm 0.44

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