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Kyle Daukaus vs. Dustin Stoltzfus

UFC 4-6-0 (1 NC) vs. 4-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-6-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
2.2
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kyle Daukaus is a submission threat — 1.43 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Dustin Stoltzfus is a submission threat — 1.06 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Kyle Daukaus owns the mat — in control 43% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kyle Daukaus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 120

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Dustin Stoltzfus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2022.76/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
3833.39/min · norm 3.23
2543.47/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3713.28/min · norm 3.20
49.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 47.4%
41.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.8%norm 53.8%
20.41/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.27/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kyle Daukaus

Distance 78.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 10.0%)

Dustin Stoltzfus

Distance 84.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 10.0%)

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

Kyle Daukaus

Head 83.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Dustin Stoltzfus

Head 73.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Daukaus L/AAccMiddleweight med Stoltzfus L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 319 43.9% 40.5% 288 / 703 41.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 26 / 32 81.2% 70.6% 51 / 72 70.8% 70.6%
On the ground 36 / 58 62.1% 69.4% 44 / 62 71.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 340 43.2% 38.8% 200 / 611 32.7% 38.8%
To the body 28 / 38 73.7% 71.6% 97 / 128 75.8% 71.6%
To the legs 27 / 31 87.1% 83.3% 86 / 98 87.8% 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 (Middleweight: 178 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 Daukaus L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Stoltzfus L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 101 / 223 45.3% 39.5% 304 / 614 49.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 50 / 55 90.9% 70.4% 40 / 52 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 103 / 153 67.3% 69.0% 27 / 45 60.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 337 51.0% 37.9% 260 / 571 45.5% 37.9%
To the body 59 / 68 86.8% 71.3% 69 / 89 77.5% 71.3%
To the legs 23 / 26 88.5% 82.1% 42 / 51 82.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1024.4% acc · 2.05/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1634.8% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 1.35
1071.4% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 63.3%
31:2242.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
31:4428.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
21:154:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
18:382:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
71.43/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
81.06/15 · norm 0.45

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