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Peter Sobotta vs. Steve Kennedy

UFC 4-6-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-6-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
75"
Reach
—
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
74.8
Layoff (months)Δ 56.4 mo
131.2
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Steve Kennedy's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Steve Kennedy hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Peter Sobotta owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Peter Sobotta

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Steve Kennedy

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2512.14/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
412.28/min · norm 3.17
3412.90/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
995.52/min · norm 3.08
40.2%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
36.0%norm 44.75%
58.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
45.9%norm 55.25%
40.51/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Peter Sobotta

Distance 86.1% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 8.1%)

Steve Kennedy

Distance 91.2% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Peter Sobotta

Head 79.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.0%)

Steve Kennedy

Head 86.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 7.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sobotta L/AAccWelterweight med Kennedy L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 202 / 538 37.5% 38.5% 36 / 104 34.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 14 / 29 48.3% 67.8% 0 / 2 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 35 / 58 60.3% 67.0% 5 / 8 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 149 / 494 30.2% 36.4% 32 / 99 32.3% 36.4%
To the body 45 / 69 65.2% 70.7% 3 / 8 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 57 / 62 91.9% 83.0% 6 / 7 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 (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 Sobotta L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Kennedy L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 244 / 687 35.5% 39.1% 55 / 123 44.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 39 / 55 70.9% 68.9% 11 / 19 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 58 / 87 66.7% 68.0% 33 / 41 80.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 563 28.6% 35.6% 60 / 136 44.1% 35.6%
To the body 62 / 117 53.0% 69.6% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 118 / 149 79.2% 82.2% 24 / 26 92.3% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1232.4% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
333.3% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.31
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
36:2731.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
4:5127.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:222:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
5:484:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.51/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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