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Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson

UFC 9-5-0 vs. 4-5-0
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Mike Pierce

VS

Kenny Robertson

9-5-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 4 yrs
42
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
130.3
Layoff (months)Δ 9.2 mo
121.1
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Pierce owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Mike Pierce hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Kenny Robertson is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike Pierce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Kenny Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4422.64/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3273.72/min · norm 3.17
4102.45/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2653.02/min · norm 3.08
42.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 44.75%
62.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 55.25%
30.27/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.34/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mike Pierce

Distance 66.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 8.1%)

Kenny Robertson

Distance 70.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mike Pierce

Head 80.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Kenny Robertson

Head 79.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pierce L/AAccWelterweight med Robertson L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 212 / 695 30.5% 38.5% 193 / 491 39.3% 38.5%
In the clinch 126 / 201 62.7% 67.8% 65 / 95 68.4% 67.8%
On the ground 104 / 147 70.7% 67.0% 69 / 109 63.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 839 33.5% 36.4% 206 / 549 37.5% 36.4%
To the body 83 / 113 73.5% 70.7% 51 / 70 72.9% 70.7%
To the legs 78 / 91 85.7% 83.0% 70 / 76 92.1% 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Pierce L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Robertson L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 264 / 859 30.7% 39.1% 163 / 414 39.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 136 / 216 63.0% 68.9% 53 / 75 70.7% 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.0% 49 / 67 73.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 863 28.6% 35.6% 178 / 443 40.2% 35.6%
To the body 125 / 170 73.5% 69.6% 62 / 88 70.5% 69.6%
To the legs 38 / 53 71.7% 82.2% 25 / 25 100.0% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3141.3% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
826.7% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.31
1869.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1657.1% def · norm 63.9%
78:4247.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
30:3534.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:111:05 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
20:083:26 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.27/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
50.85/15 · norm 0.44

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

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