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Matchup deep-dive

Michael Bisping vs.
Georges St-Pierre

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

20-9-0 Michael Bisping · UFC
20-2-0 Georges St-Pierre · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

20-9-0
UFC record
20-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47
AgeΔ 2 yrs
45
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
104.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
105.1
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
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.

Georges St-Pierre hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Georges St-Pierre owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Michael Bisping defends head shots well — opponents land just 26%, vs a 38% 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.

Michael Bisping

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

In the UFC: 14-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Georges St-Pierre

Full career not yet synced for Georges St-Pierre — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 17-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15674.29/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
13133.83/min · norm 3.17
9992.73/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4961.45/min · norm 3.06
37.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 44.9%
65.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
73.1%norm 55.25%
80.33/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
90.39/15 · norm 0.38

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

Michael Bisping

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.3%)

Georges St-Pierre

Distance 68.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Michael Bisping

Head 86.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.4%)

Georges St-Pierre

Head 74.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bisping L/AAccMiddleweight med St-Pierre L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1271 / 3664 34.7% 40.5% 755 / 1689 44.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 152 / 241 63.1% 70.3% 97 / 125 77.6% 67.8%
On the ground 144 / 255 56.5% 69.1% 461 / 656 70.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1132 / 3600 31.4% 38.9% 850 / 1847 46.0% 37.2%
To the body 195 / 283 68.9% 71.7% 245 / 341 71.8% 70.7%
To the legs 240 / 277 86.6% 83.3% 218 / 282 77.3% 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Bisping L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs St-Pierre L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 820 / 2543 32.2% 39.5% 351 / 1613 21.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 84 / 168 50.0% 70.9% 93 / 141 66.0% 68.9%
On the ground 95 / 173 54.9% 69.0% 52 / 88 59.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 587 / 2294 25.6% 37.9% 289 / 1504 19.2% 35.6%
To the body 185 / 312 59.3% 71.3% 114 / 182 62.6% 69.6%
To the legs 227 / 278 81.7% 82.1% 93 / 156 59.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2643.3% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
9073.8% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.27
6263.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4685.2% def · norm 63.9%
33:069.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
162:0247.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
54:532:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
19:180:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.21/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
241.05/15 · norm 0.45

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

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