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Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown

UFC 15-10-0 vs. 17-13-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-10-0
UFC record
17-13-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 1 yrs
45
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
39.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
41.3
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Brown is a submission threat — 1.30 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Robbie Lawler absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Matt Brown carries real power — 0.60 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Robbie Lawler

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1510
Tier 3 — regional circuit 156

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Matt Brown

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1713
Tier 3 — regional circuit 76

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13344.19/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
10393.76/min · norm 3.17
16505.18/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8082.92/min · norm 3.08
48.3%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
55.4%norm 44.75%
58.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 55.25%
100.47/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
110.60/15 · norm 0.38

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

Robbie Lawler

Distance 78.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 8.1%)

Matt Brown

Distance 69.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 17.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Robbie Lawler

Head 85.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

Matt Brown

Head 72.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lawler L/AAccWelterweight med Brown L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 927 / 2176 42.6% 38.5% 586 / 1301 45.0% 38.5%
In the clinch 288 / 403 71.5% 67.8% 276 / 336 82.1% 67.8%
On the ground 119 / 181 65.7% 67.0% 177 / 237 74.7% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1012 / 2371 42.7% 36.4% 631 / 1356 46.5% 36.4%
To the body 265 / 323 82.0% 70.7% 310 / 383 80.9% 70.7%
To the legs 57 / 66 86.4% 83.0% 98 / 135 72.6% 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 Lawler L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Brown L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1319 / 3467 38.0% 39.1% 564 / 1438 39.2% 39.1%
In the clinch 293 / 437 67.0% 68.9% 108 / 173 62.4% 68.9%
On the ground 38 / 53 71.7% 68.0% 136 / 189 72.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1049 / 3155 33.2% 35.6% 564 / 1471 38.3% 35.6%
To the body 332 / 468 70.9% 69.6% 123 / 182 67.6% 69.6%
To the legs 269 / 334 80.5% 82.2% 121 / 147 82.3% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1773.9% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
3147.0% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.31
7064.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
7663.9% def · norm 63.9%
32:0910.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
59:1821.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
56:212:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
93:515:05 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
241.30/15 · norm 0.44

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