Kyle Prepolec vs.
Austin Hubbard
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 Prepolec
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Austin Hubbard
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 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 Prepolec
Distance 98.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 8.0%)
Austin Hubbard
Distance 92.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kyle Prepolec
Head 78.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)
Austin Hubbard
Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Prepolec L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Hubbard L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 155 / 471 | 32.9% | 37.9% | 548 / 1363 | 40.2% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 40 / 70 | 57.1% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 34 / 47 | 72.3% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 98 / 377 | 26.0% | 35.0% | 326 / 1044 | 31.2% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 40 / 65 | 61.5% | 69.1% | 176 / 295 | 59.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 23 / 37 | 62.2% | 81.9% | 120 / 141 | 85.1% | 81.9% |
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: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Prepolec L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Hubbard L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 238 / 499 | 47.7% | 38.9% | 560 / 1330 | 42.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 32 | 87.5% | 68.6% | 45 / 57 | 78.9% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 87 / 111 | 78.4% | 68.0% | 36 / 43 | 83.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 205 / 454 | 45.2% | 35.1% | 376 / 1070 | 35.1% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 74 / 104 | 71.2% | 68.1% | 117 / 184 | 63.6% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 74 / 84 | 88.1% | 81.5% | 148 / 176 | 84.1% | 81.5% |
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 — Hubbard has more cage time on record.