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Martin Kampmann vs.
Jorge Rivera

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

11-6-0 Martin Kampmann · UFC
8-7-0 Jorge Rivera · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-6-0
UFC record
8-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
44
AgeΔ 10 yrs
54
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
155.3
Layoff (months)Δ 19.2 mo
174.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.

Martin Kampmann is a submission threat — 2.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jorge Rivera carries real power — 1.04 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Jorge Rivera owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Martin Kampmann

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

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Jorge Rivera

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

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4943.22/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3783.27/min · norm 3.25
5043.28/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2802.42/min · norm 3.20
42.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.7%norm 47.4%
62.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 53.8%
50.49/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
81.04/15 · norm 0.32

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

Martin Kampmann

Distance 74.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.1%)

Jorge Rivera

Distance 45.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 33.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 21.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Martin Kampmann

Head 88.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.0% (norm 8.4%)

Jorge Rivera

Head 78.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kampmann L/AAccWelterweight med Rivera L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 299 / 872 34.3% 38.6% 114 / 343 33.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 110 / 175 62.9% 67.8% 165 / 253 65.2% 70.3%
On the ground 85 / 119 71.4% 67.2% 99 / 165 60.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 390 / 1030 37.9% 37.2% 243 / 594 40.9% 38.9%
To the body 87 / 113 77.0% 70.7% 86 / 104 82.7% 71.7%
To the legs 17 / 23 too few to rate 82.9% 49 / 63 77.8% 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 Kampmann L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Rivera L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 372 / 1089 34.2% 39.0% 96 / 329 29.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 104 / 189 55.0% 68.9% 132 / 238 55.5% 70.9%
On the ground 28 / 50 56.0% 68.0% 52 / 86 60.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 355 / 1122 31.6% 35.6% 175 / 519 33.7% 37.9%
To the body 96 / 134 71.6% 69.6% 60 / 82 73.2% 71.3%
To the legs 53 / 72 73.6% 82.1% 45 / 52 86.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1941.3% acc · 1.86/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
750.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.42
5178.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2764.3% def · norm 63.1%
45:1629.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:5233.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
27:322:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
35:214:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
212.05/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.47

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

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