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Rich Attonito vs.
Jake Hecht

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

3-2-0 Rich Attonito · UFC
1-2-0 Jake Hecht · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-2-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
49.1
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
42.5
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
175.9
Layoff (months)Δ 6 mo
169.9
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
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.

Jake Hecht hunts takedowns — 2.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Rich Attonito carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Rich Attonito rarely shoots — 0.74 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Rich Attonito

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Jake Hecht

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1382.28/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
723.26/min · norm 3.17
1292.13/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
612.76/min · norm 3.06
47.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.7%norm 44.9%
59.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.1%norm 55.25%
20.50/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rich Attonito

Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.4% (norm 10.3%)

Jake Hecht

Distance 61.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rich Attonito

Head 80.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)

Jake Hecht

Head 74.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Attonito L/AAccMiddleweight med Hecht L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 169 36.1% 40.5% 25 / 93 26.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 70.3% 19 / 27 70.4% 67.8%
On the ground 65 / 99 65.7% 69.1% 28 / 31 90.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 91 / 233 39.1% 38.9% 45 / 113 39.8% 37.2%
To the body 25 / 31 80.6% 71.7% 23 / 33 69.7% 70.7%
To the legs 22 / 24 too few to rate 83.3% 4 / 5 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Attonito L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hecht L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 74 / 251 29.5% 39.5% 27 / 88 30.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 25 / 28 89.3% 70.9% 18 / 26 69.2% 68.9%
On the ground 30 / 37 81.1% 69.0% 16 / 25 64.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 69 / 223 30.9% 37.9% 35 / 110 31.8% 35.6%
To the body 26 / 52 50.0% 71.3% 20 / 22 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 34 / 41 82.9% 82.1% 6 / 7 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.

337.5% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
337.5% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.27
2175.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
240.0% def · norm 63.9%
15:2925.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
3:1014.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:273:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:055:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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