Kyle Noke vs.
Patrick Cote
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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
Patrick Cote
Full career not yet synced for Patrick Cote — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Patrick Cote
Distance 73.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (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%)
Patrick Cote
Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Noke L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Cote L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 250 / 533 | 46.9% | 38.6% | 405 / 1008 | 40.2% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 22 / 39 | 56.4% | 67.8% | 135 / 210 | 64.3% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 85 / 127 | 66.9% | 67.2% | 122 / 160 | 76.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 170 / 439 | 38.7% | 37.2% | 394 / 972 | 40.5% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 72 / 110 | 65.5% | 70.7% | 108 / 189 | 57.1% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 115 / 150 | 76.7% | 82.9% | 160 / 217 | 73.7% | 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/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Cote L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 149 / 489 | 30.5% | 39.0% | 429 / 991 | 43.3% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 20 / 41 | 48.8% | 68.9% | 163 / 241 | 67.6% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 63 / 85 | 74.1% | 68.0% | 178 / 260 | 68.5% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 183 / 526 | 34.8% | 35.6% | 461 / 1102 | 41.8% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 28 / 50 | 56.0% | 69.6% | 167 / 219 | 76.3% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 21 / 39 | 53.8% | 82.1% | 142 / 171 | 83.0% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cote has more cage time on record.