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Kevin Holland vs. Vicente Luque

UFC 16-12-0 (1 NC) vs. 17-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-12-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
17-9-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
81"
ReachΔ 6"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6.3
Layoff (months)Δ 4.1 mo
2.2
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vicente Luque carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Vicente Luque absorbs 5.19 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Kevin Holland is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Vicente Luque

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12884.18/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
11814.69/min · norm 3.17
10173.30/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13065.19/min · norm 3.08
50.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 44.75%
50.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 55.25%
70.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
110.66/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kevin Holland

Distance 82.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.0%)

Vicente Luque

Distance 92.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Vicente Luque

Head 75.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.0%)

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 Luque L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 962 / 2122 45.3% 40.5% 1046 / 2170 48.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 173 / 238 72.7% 70.6% 65 / 81 80.2% 67.8%
On the ground 153 / 203 75.4% 69.4% 70 / 101 69.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 704 / 1797 39.2% 38.8% 718 / 1775 40.5% 36.4%
To the body 242 / 360 67.2% 71.6% 160 / 225 71.1% 70.7%
To the legs 342 / 406 84.2% 83.3% 303 / 352 86.1% 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 (Middleweight: 178 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 Holland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Luque L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 741 / 1548 47.9% 39.5% 1037 / 2319 44.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 112 / 165 67.9% 70.4% 144 / 197 73.1% 68.9%
On the ground 164 / 319 51.4% 69.0% 125 / 184 67.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 574 / 1442 39.8% 37.9% 985 / 2290 43.0% 35.6%
To the body 250 / 369 67.8% 71.3% 179 / 247 72.5% 69.6%
To the legs 193 / 221 87.3% 82.1% 142 / 163 87.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1739.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1446.7% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.31
6757.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3960.9% def · norm 63.9%
40:4613.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
34:5513.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
100:394:53 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
49:412:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
130.63/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
120.72/15 · norm 0.44

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