Rhys McKee vs.
Axel Sola
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Rhys McKee
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Axel Sola
Full career not yet synced for Axel Sola — 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 -1.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rhys McKee
Distance 93.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)
Axel Sola
Distance 78.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 14.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rhys McKee
Head 83.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)
Axel Sola
Head 88.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | McKee L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Sola L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 276 / 699 | 39.5% | 38.6% | 99 / 223 | 44.4% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 47 | 55.3% | 67.8% | 34 / 42 | 81.0% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 10 / 19 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 210 / 631 | 33.3% | 37.2% | 120 / 252 | 47.6% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 72 / 90 | 80.0% | 70.7% | 23 / 32 | 71.9% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 25 / 31 | 80.6% | 82.9% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 McKee L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Sola L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 309 / 660 | 46.8% | 39.0% | 107 / 312 | 34.3% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 83 / 120 | 69.2% | 68.9% | 36 / 61 | 59.0% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 74 / 105 | 70.5% | 68.0% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 345 / 724 | 47.7% | 35.6% | 103 / 322 | 32.0% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 66 / 100 | 66.0% | 69.6% | 35 / 44 | 79.5% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 55 / 61 | 90.2% | 82.1% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — McKee has more cage time on record.