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Oban Elliott vs.
Seokhyeon Ko

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

3-3-0 Oban Elliott · UFC
2-1-0 Seokhyeon Ko · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-3-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
28.6
AgeΔ 4.3 yrs
32.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.4 mo
0.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW
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.

Seokhyeon Ko owns the mat — in control 56% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Seokhyeon Ko hunts takedowns — 3.33 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Oban Elliott owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight 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.

Oban Elliott

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Seokhyeon Ko

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2353.56/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1353.00/min · norm 3.17
1492.26/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
661.47/min · norm 3.06
49.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.8%norm 44.9%
59.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.3%norm 55.25%
10.23/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Oban Elliott

Distance 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.1%)

Seokhyeon Ko

Distance 77.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Oban Elliott

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 8.4%)

Seokhyeon Ko

Head 87.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Elliott L/AAccWelterweight med Ko L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 409 43.8% 38.6% 87 / 211 41.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 14 / 16 too few to rate 67.8% 5 / 8 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 42 / 52 80.8% 67.2% 43 / 52 82.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 374 42.2% 37.2% 107 / 237 45.1% 37.2%
To the body 35 / 53 66.0% 70.7% 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 42 / 50 84.0% 82.9% 16 / 17 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Elliott L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Ko L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 103 / 296 34.8% 39.0% 54 / 169 32.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 17 / 31 54.8% 68.9% 12 / 21 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 29 / 42 69.0% 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 101 / 299 33.8% 35.6% 39 / 150 26.0% 35.6%
To the body 19 / 39 48.7% 69.6% 17 / 28 60.7% 69.6%
To the legs 29 / 31 93.5% 82.1% 10 / 12 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

433.3% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1058.8% acc · 3.33/15 · norm 1.27
1152.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 63.9%
16:5425.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
25:1256.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:053:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
4:001:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.33/15 · norm 0.45

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

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