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Sean Spencer vs.
Drew Dober

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

3-5-0 Sean Spencer · UFC
15-11-0 (1 NC) Drew Dober · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
15-11-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
118.8
Layoff (months)Δ 113.8 mo
5
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Drew Dober carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Sean Spencer rarely shoots — 0.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Drew Dober rarely shoots — 0.61 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Sean Spencer

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Drew Dober

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1611
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4564.24/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
9944.48/min · norm 3.42
4324.02/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
9604.33/min · norm 3.37
32.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.0%norm 43.5%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.1%norm 56.3%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
100.68/15 · norm 0.25

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

Sean Spencer

Distance 92.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 8.1%)

Drew Dober

Distance 87.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 5.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Sean Spencer

Head 87.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)

Drew Dober

Head 79.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Spencer L/AAccWelterweight med Dober L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 391 / 1302 30.0% 38.6% 790 / 2128 37.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 49 / 84 58.3% 67.8% 111 / 170 65.3% 67.3%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 67.2% 93 / 125 74.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 345 / 1225 28.2% 37.2% 628 / 1922 32.7% 35.0%
To the body 77 / 136 56.6% 70.7% 225 / 326 69.0% 69.1%
To the legs 34 / 45 75.6% 82.9% 141 / 175 80.6% 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 Spencer L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Dober L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 332 / 947 35.1% 39.0% 771 / 1793 43.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 60 / 97 61.9% 68.9% 87 / 121 71.9% 68.6%
On the ground 40 / 56 71.4% 68.0% 102 / 132 77.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 898 31.0% 35.6% 681 / 1668 40.8% 35.1%
To the body 54 / 98 55.1% 69.6% 197 / 279 70.6% 68.1%
To the legs 100 / 104 96.2% 82.1% 82 / 99 82.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

133.3% acc · 0.14/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
917.0% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.38
4069.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3958.2% def · norm 64.0%
7:006.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
29:1913.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
23:143:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
49:013:18 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.49

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

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