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Mark Hughes vs. Alex Stiebling

UFC 1-0-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-0-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
53
Age
—
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
6'2"
—
Reach
—
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
311
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
311
W
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mark Hughes is a submission threat — 4.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Mark Hughes owns the mat — in control 94% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Alex Stiebling is a submission threat — 1.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mark Hughes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 8 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Alex Stiebling

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1910

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.2 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

90.90/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
40.40/min · norm 3.23
40.40/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
90.90/min · norm 3.20
47.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
57.1%norm 47.4%
42.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Mark Hughes

Distance 5.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 89.5% (norm 10.0%)

Alex Stiebling

Distance 28.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 28.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 42.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Mark Hughes

Head 89.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Stiebling

Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 28.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hughes L/AAccMiddleweight med Stiebling L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 1 too few to rate 40.5% 0 / 2 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 8 / 17 too few to rate 69.4% 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 17 too few to rate 38.8% 3 / 5 too few to rate 38.8%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 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 Hughes L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Stiebling L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 2 too few to rate 39.5% 0 / 1 too few to rate 39.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.0% 8 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 3 / 5 too few to rate 37.9% 7 / 17 too few to rate 37.9%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 71.3% 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
250.0% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
0— def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 63.3%
9:2794.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
9:2714:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
34.50/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
11.50/15 · norm 0.45

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