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Sergio Pettis vs.
Matt Hobar

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

9-5-0 Sergio Pettis · UFC
1-2-0 Matt Hobar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-5-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
33
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
39.6
5'6"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
82.5
Layoff (months)Δ 57.5 mo
140
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Matt Hobar hunts takedowns — 3.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Matt Hobar owns the mat — in control 53% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Sergio Pettis rarely shoots — 0.85 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight 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.

Sergio Pettis

Full career not yet synced for Sergio Pettis — 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 +1.6 wins over .500

Matt Hobar

Full career not yet synced for Matt Hobar — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8193.88/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1063.23/min · norm 3.52
6152.91/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1404.27/min · norm 3.58
37.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
42.2%norm 43.4%
65.4%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 56.6%
10.07/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.46/15 · norm 0.30

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

Sergio Pettis

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 7.3%)

Matt Hobar

Distance 57.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 29.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Sergio Pettis

Head 88.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 6.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 9.3%)

Matt Hobar

Head 81.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pettis L/AAccFlyweight med Hobar L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 730 / 2039 35.8% 40.0% 37 / 144 25.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 42 / 59 71.2% 70.4% 27 / 34 79.4% 68.7%
On the ground 47 / 90 52.2% 69.7% 42 / 73 57.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 645 / 1935 33.3% 37.6% 75 / 205 36.6% 34.9%
To the body 82 / 147 55.8% 68.5% 20 / 32 62.5% 66.8%
To the legs 92 / 106 86.8% 80.0% 11 / 14 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Pettis L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Hobar L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 517 / 1610 32.1% 40.1% 84 / 226 37.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 35 / 56 62.5% 68.8% 30 / 36 83.3% 70.4%
On the ground 63 / 113 55.8% 71.1% 26 / 35 74.3% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 383 / 1433 26.7% 35.2% 115 / 264 43.6% 34.9%
To the body 144 / 231 62.3% 68.2% 19 / 27 70.4% 66.0%
To the legs 88 / 115 76.5% 80.3% 6 / 6 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1240.0% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
844.4% acc · 3.66/15 · norm 1.12
5067.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 66.7%
18:118.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
17:3153.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
56:424:01 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
2:060:57 per 15 · norm 2:24
50.36/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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