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Max Gimenis vs.
Josh Hokit

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

0-1-0 Max Gimenis · UFC
4-0-0 Josh Hokit · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
4-0-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
43
AgeΔ 15 yrs
28
Height
6'1"
Reach
73"
Stance
Orthodox
8.9
Layoff (months)Δ 7.2 mo
1.7
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWW
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.

Josh Hokit carries real power — 1.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Josh Hokit is a submission threat — 0.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Max Gimenis absorbs 9.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Max Gimenis

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

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

Josh Hokit

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 70
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.67 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

33.21/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
30910.28/min · norm 3.36
99.64/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1846.12/min · norm 3.19
42.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
63.8%norm 47.8%
47.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
48.3%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
31.50/15 · norm 0.28

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

Max Gimenis

Distance 85.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Josh Hokit

Distance 74.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Max Gimenis

Head 57.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 28.6% (norm 7.6%)

Josh Hokit

Head 92.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gimenis L/AAccHeavyweight med Hokit L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 6 too few to rate 40.1% 209 / 358 58.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 52 / 66 78.8% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 48 / 60 80.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 4 too few to rate 38.9% 278 / 446 62.3% 38.9%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 76.8% 26 / 33 78.8% 76.8%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 5 / 5 too few to rate 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 Gimenis L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Hokit L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 15 too few to rate 40.7% 119 / 273 43.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 63 / 80 78.8% 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 9 / 17 too few to rate 38.8% 156 / 324 48.1% 38.8%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 75.1% 20 / 22 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4% 8 / 10 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 1.50/15 · norm 0.95
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 64.3%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
8:3028.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
0:082:08 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
2:051:02 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.16

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

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