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Kurt Holobaugh vs. Steven Siler

UFC 2-7-0 vs. 5-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-7-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.7
Layoff (months)Δ 130.1 mo
146.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Steven Siler is a submission threat — 1.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Kurt Holobaugh is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Steven Siler rarely shoots — 0.47 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kurt Holobaugh

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 203

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Steven Siler

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 88
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2518

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.23 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4564.65/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3053.21/min · norm 3.52
4434.52/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2812.96/min · norm 3.50
45.0%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 44.7%
48.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.5%norm 54.8%
10.15/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kurt Holobaugh

Distance 86.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

Steven Siler

Distance 73.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 20.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kurt Holobaugh

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Steven Siler

Head 82.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Holobaugh L/AAccLightweight med Siler L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 357 / 880 40.6% 38.3% 179 / 536 33.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 75 / 104 72.1% 67.5% 99 / 150 66.0% 70.5%
On the ground 24 / 30 80.0% 68.8% 27 / 48 56.2% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 283 / 784 36.1% 35.1% 194 / 606 32.0% 37.1%
To the body 113 / 153 73.9% 69.1% 78 / 88 88.6% 68.0%
To the legs 60 / 77 77.9% 81.8% 33 / 40 82.5% 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Holobaugh L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Siler L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 292 / 648 45.1% 38.8% 149 / 435 34.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 72 / 102 70.6% 68.6% 69 / 89 77.5% 70.3%
On the ground 79 / 110 71.8% 68.0% 63 / 94 67.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 329 / 717 45.9% 35.2% 168 / 470 35.7% 35.9%
To the body 80 / 103 77.7% 68.2% 52 / 76 68.4% 68.0%
To the legs 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5% 61 / 72 84.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
533.3% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
321.4% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 1.17
1336.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2755.1% def · norm 61.5%
16:1616.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
14:2515.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
41:386:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
38:346:05 per 15 · norm 3:11
50.77/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
101.58/15 · norm 0.45

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