Sam Stout vs.
Paul Taylor
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.
Sam Stout
Full career not yet synced for Sam Stout — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Paul Taylor
Full career not yet synced for Paul Taylor — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 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)
Sam Stout
Distance 93.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)
Paul Taylor
Distance 79.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Sam Stout
Head 78.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 7.9%)
Paul Taylor
Head 74.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Stout L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Taylor L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 856 / 3230 | 26.5% | 37.9% | 356 / 818 | 43.5% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 132 | 70.5% | 67.3% | 102 / 139 | 73.4% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 46 / 82 | 56.1% | 69.1% | 37 / 76 | 48.7% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 474 / 2695 | 17.6% | 35.0% | 287 / 768 | 37.4% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 287 / 458 | 62.7% | 69.1% | 72 / 98 | 73.5% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 234 / 291 | 80.4% | 81.9% | 136 / 167 | 81.4% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Stout L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Taylor L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 859 / 2106 | 40.8% | 38.9% | 274 / 736 | 37.2% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 78 / 112 | 69.6% | 68.6% | 80 / 123 | 65.0% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 36 / 58 | 62.1% | 68.0% | 145 / 257 | 56.4% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 625 / 1812 | 34.5% | 35.1% | 312 / 882 | 35.4% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 181 / 258 | 70.2% | 68.1% | 122 / 150 | 81.3% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 167 / 206 | 81.1% | 81.5% | 65 / 84 | 77.4% | 82.1% |
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 — Stout has more cage time on record.