Michael Page vs. Sam Patterson
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Michael Page
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 21 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 2.09 · 21 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 28 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500
Sam Patterson
Full career not yet synced for Sam Patterson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Michael Page
Distance 94.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 10.0%)
Sam Patterson
Distance 95.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Michael Page
Head 73.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 8.4%)
Sam Patterson
Head 86.3% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Page L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Patterson L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 160 / 296 | 54.1% | 40.5% | 125 / 305 | 41.0% | 38.5% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 8 / 12 | too few to rate | 67.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 109 / 230 | 47.4% | 38.8% | 111 / 277 | 40.1% | 36.4% |
| To the body | 37 / 48 | 77.1% | 71.6% | 15 / 29 | 51.7% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 83.3% | 9 / 15 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
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 · Welterweight: 180 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 Page L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Patterson L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 85 / 282 | 30.1% | 39.5% | 86 / 238 | 36.1% | 39.1% |
| In the clinch | 19 / 27 | 70.4% | 70.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 22 / 28 | 78.6% | 69.0% | 13 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 50 / 226 | 22.1% | 37.9% | 65 / 197 | 33.0% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 34 / 47 | 72.3% | 71.3% | 10 / 20 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 42 / 64 | 65.6% | 82.1% | 24 / 37 | 64.9% | 82.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Patterson has more cage time on record.