Matt Hamill vs. Michael Bisping
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Matt Hamill
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Michael Bisping
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 20 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.45 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 39 documented bouts
In the UFC: 14-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Matt Hamill
Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.6%)
Michael Bisping
Distance 88.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Matt Hamill
Head 89.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 9.7%)
Michael Bisping
Head 86.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hamill L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Bisping L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 388 / 1082 | 35.9% | 41.5% | 1271 / 3664 | 34.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 55 / 90 | 61.1% | 70.8% | 152 / 241 | 63.1% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 128 / 174 | 73.6% | 72.9% | 144 / 255 | 56.5% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 467 / 1201 | 38.9% | 39.2% | 1132 / 3600 | 31.4% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 72.0% | 195 / 283 | 68.9% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 81 / 111 | 73.0% | 82.1% | 240 / 277 | 86.6% | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Hamill L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Bisping L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 463 / 1299 | 35.6% | 40.6% | 820 / 2543 | 32.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 69 / 128 | 53.9% | 68.8% | 84 / 168 | 50.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 57 / 99 | 57.6% | 70.4% | 95 / 173 | 54.9% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 343 / 1209 | 28.4% | 37.7% | 587 / 2294 | 25.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 110 / 155 | 71.0% | 72.9% | 185 / 312 | 59.3% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 136 / 162 | 84.0% | 83.1% | 227 / 278 | 81.7% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Bisping has more cage time on record.