Luke Cummo vs.
Joe Stevenson
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.
Luke Cummo
Full career not yet synced for Luke Cummo — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500
Joe Stevenson
Full career not yet synced for Joe Stevenson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 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)
Luke Cummo
Distance 67.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.2% (norm 8.1%)
Joe Stevenson
Distance 65.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 26.7% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Luke Cummo
Head 72.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 22.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)
Joe Stevenson
Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Cummo L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Stevenson L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 82 / 228 | 36.0% | 38.6% | 142 / 482 | 29.5% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 39 / 67 | 58.2% | 67.8% | 35 / 54 | 64.8% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 26 / 45 | 57.8% | 67.2% | 130 / 195 | 66.7% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 78 / 245 | 31.8% | 37.2% | 225 / 619 | 36.3% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 50 / 75 | 66.7% | 70.7% | 44 / 67 | 65.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 19 / 20 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 38 / 45 | 84.4% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Cummo L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Stevenson L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 30 / 142 | 21.1% | 39.0% | 304 / 865 | 35.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 36 | 63.9% | 68.9% | 26 / 55 | 47.3% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 74 / 136 | 54.4% | 68.0% | 102 / 170 | 60.0% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 91 / 264 | 34.5% | 35.6% | 348 / 981 | 35.5% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 22 / 31 | 71.0% | 69.6% | 63 / 83 | 75.9% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 21 / 26 | 80.8% | 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 — Stevenson has more cage time on record.