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Matt Hamill vs.
Rex Holman

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

10-5-0 Matt Hamill · UFC
0-1-0 Rex Holman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-5-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
49.8
Age
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
153.9
Layoff (months)Δ 79.2 mo
233.1
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Matt Hamill hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Rex Holman absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.35 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Rex Holman rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light 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.

Matt Hamill

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Rex Holman

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5713.69/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
112.75/min · norm 3.41
5893.80/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
297.25/min · norm 3.35
42.4%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 48.3%
61.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
40.8%norm 52.9%
10.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Matt Hamill

Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.4%)

Rex Holman

Distance 90.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Matt Hamill

Head 89.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 9.7%)

Rex Holman

Head 62.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 31.2% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hamill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Holman L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 388 / 1082 35.9% 41.4% 10 / 29 34.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 55 / 90 61.1% 70.9% 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 128 / 174 73.6% 72.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1201 38.9% 38.9% 3 / 20 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 23 / 34 67.6% 71.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 81 / 111 73.0% 81.8% 7 / 10 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light 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 Hamill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Holman L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 463 / 1299 35.6% 40.4% 10 / 25 40.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 69 / 128 53.9% 68.7% 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 57 / 99 57.6% 70.4% 15 / 19 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 1209 28.4% 37.5% 28 / 47 59.6% 37.5%
To the body 110 / 155 71.0% 72.3% 1 / 2 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 136 / 162 84.0% 83.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3134.1% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
1191.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
36:0023.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
3:520:22 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
0:583:37 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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