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Mark Hunt vs.
Stipe Miocic

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

8-8-1 (1 NC) Mark Hunt · UFC
14-5-0 Stipe Miocic · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-8-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
14-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
52.4
AgeΔ 8.4 yrs
44
5'10"
HeightΔ 6"
6'4"
72"
ReachΔ 8"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
92.1
Layoff (months)Δ 71.5 mo
20.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Mark Hunt carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Stipe Miocic hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Stipe Miocic carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight 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.

Mark Hunt

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

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Stipe Miocic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 145
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4792.38/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
10074.67/min · norm 3.36
6673.32/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
8654.01/min · norm 3.19
43.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.8%
49.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 52.5%
90.67/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
70.49/15 · norm 0.28

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

Mark Hunt

Distance 91.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 9.3%)

Stipe Miocic

Distance 79.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Mark Hunt

Head 86.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 7.6%)

Stipe Miocic

Head 84.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hunt L/AAccHeavyweight med Miocic L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 405 / 1010 40.1% 40.1% 721 / 1512 47.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 34 / 44 77.3% 70.6% 121 / 179 67.6% 70.6%
On the ground 40 / 51 78.4% 70.2% 165 / 219 75.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 378 / 960 39.4% 38.9% 737 / 1612 45.7% 38.9%
To the body 51 / 83 61.4% 76.8% 139 / 159 87.4% 76.8%
To the legs 50 / 62 80.6% 87.8% 131 / 139 94.2% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Hunt L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Miocic L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 428 / 990 43.2% 40.7% 705 / 1601 44.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 54 / 84 64.3% 70.6% 72 / 106 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 185 / 235 78.7% 72.0% 88 / 107 82.2% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1073 44.9% 38.8% 624 / 1449 43.1% 38.8%
To the body 110 / 140 78.6% 75.1% 129 / 231 55.8% 75.1%
To the legs 75 / 96 78.1% 84.4% 112 / 134 83.6% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

753.8% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2534.2% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 0.95
5065.8% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1365.0% def · norm 64.3%
19:439.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
57:1626.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
49:043:39 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
11:050:46 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.07/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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