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Michael Bisping vs. Matt Hamill

UFC 20-9-0 vs. 10-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
20-9-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
47
AgeΔ 3 yrs
50
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
106.8
Layoff (months)Δ 49.5 mo
156.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Hamill hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Matt Hamill owns the mat — in control 23% of cage time, vs a 17% Light Heavyweight norm.
Michael Bisping outworks the Middleweight division — 4.29 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Michael Bisping

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 209
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

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

Matt Hamill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15674.29/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
5713.69/min · norm 3.48
9992.73/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5893.80/min · norm 3.37
37.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 48.45%
65.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 52.75%
80.33/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.40

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

Michael Bisping

Distance 88.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.0%)

Matt Hamill

Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.6%)

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%)

Matt Hamill

Head 89.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bisping L/AAccMiddleweight med Hamill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1271 / 3664 34.7% 40.5% 388 / 1082 35.9% 41.5%
In the clinch 152 / 241 63.1% 70.6% 55 / 90 61.1% 70.8%
On the ground 144 / 255 56.5% 69.4% 128 / 174 73.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 1132 / 3600 31.4% 38.8% 467 / 1201 38.9% 39.2%
To the body 195 / 283 68.9% 71.6% 23 / 34 67.6% 72.0%
To the legs 240 / 277 86.6% 83.3% 81 / 111 73.0% 82.1%

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: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Hamill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 820 / 2543 32.2% 39.5% 463 / 1299 35.6% 40.6%
In the clinch 84 / 168 50.0% 70.4% 69 / 128 53.9% 68.8%
On the ground 95 / 173 54.9% 69.0% 57 / 99 57.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 587 / 2294 25.6% 37.9% 343 / 1209 28.4% 37.7%
To the body 185 / 312 59.3% 71.3% 110 / 155 71.0% 72.9%
To the legs 227 / 278 81.7% 82.1% 136 / 162 84.0% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2643.3% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
3134.1% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
6263.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 66.7%
33:069.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
36:0023.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
54:532:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
3:520:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
50.21/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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