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Kevin Holland vs.
Charlie Ontiveros

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

16-12-0 (1 NC) Kevin Holland · UFC
0-3-0 Charlie Ontiveros · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

16-12-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33.7
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
35.1
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
81"
ReachΔ 7"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 44 mo
47.8
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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.

Charlie Ontiveros carries real power — 2.30 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Charlie Ontiveros rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Kevin Holland rarely shoots — 0.83 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Kevin Holland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1812
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Charlie Ontiveros

Full career not yet synced for Charlie Ontiveros — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12884.18/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
312.38/min · norm 3.42
10173.30/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
826.28/min · norm 3.37
50.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 43.5%
50.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
32.2%norm 56.3%
70.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
22.30/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kevin Holland

Distance 82.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.3%)

Charlie Ontiveros

Distance 87.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kevin Holland

Head 70.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 8.4%)

Charlie Ontiveros

Head 88.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Holland L/AAccMiddleweight med Ontiveros L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 962 / 2122 45.3% 40.5% 27 / 63 42.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 173 / 238 72.7% 70.3% 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 153 / 203 75.4% 69.1% 1 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 704 / 1797 39.2% 38.9% 26 / 64 40.6% 35.0%
To the body 242 / 360 67.2% 71.7% 4 / 7 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 342 / 406 84.2% 83.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Holland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ontiveros L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 741 / 1548 47.9% 39.5% 22 / 40 55.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 112 / 165 67.9% 70.9% 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 164 / 319 51.4% 69.0% 57 / 76 75.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 574 / 1442 39.8% 37.9% 66 / 102 64.7% 35.1%
To the body 250 / 369 67.8% 71.3% 8 / 10 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 193 / 221 87.3% 82.1% 8 / 9 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1739.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
6757.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 64.0%
40:4613.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:081.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
100:394:53 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
9:3210:57 per 15 · norm 2:46
130.63/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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