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Kyle Noke vs.
Andrew Craig

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

6-6-0 Kyle Noke · UFC
3-4-0 Andrew Craig · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-6-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46.4
AgeΔ 5.8 yrs
40.6
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
116.3
Layoff (months)Δ 16.4 mo
132.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Andrew Craig rarely shoots — 0.53 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Kyle Noke defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 54%, vs a 82% Welterweight norm.
Kyle Noke is hard to hit — absorbs 2.14 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.06 Welterweight 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.

Kyle Noke

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

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Andrew Craig

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

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3573.30/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2052.39/min · norm 3.25
2322.14/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2583.01/min · norm 3.20
51.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 47.4%
62.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.6%norm 53.8%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.35/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kyle Noke

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.1%)

Andrew Craig

Distance 86.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Kyle Noke

Head 62.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 21.5% (norm 8.4%)

Andrew Craig

Head 84.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Noke L/AAccWelterweight med Craig L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 533 46.9% 38.6% 150 / 445 33.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 22 / 39 56.4% 67.8% 26 / 33 78.8% 70.3%
On the ground 85 / 127 66.9% 67.2% 29 / 34 85.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 439 38.7% 37.2% 142 / 431 32.9% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 110 65.5% 70.7% 28 / 39 71.8% 71.7%
To the legs 115 / 150 76.7% 82.9% 35 / 42 83.3% 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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Noke L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Craig L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 489 30.5% 39.0% 190 / 442 43.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 41 48.8% 68.9% 28 / 31 90.3% 70.9%
On the ground 63 / 85 74.1% 68.0% 40 / 49 81.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 526 34.8% 35.6% 164 / 390 42.1% 37.9%
To the body 28 / 50 56.0% 69.6% 51 / 77 66.2% 71.3%
To the legs 21 / 39 53.8% 82.1% 43 / 55 78.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1155.0% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
337.5% acc · 0.53/15 · norm 1.42
2066.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2672.2% def · norm 63.1%
17:1615.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
12:1014.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
24:403:24 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
25:254:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.55/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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