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Seth Baczynski vs. Brad Tavares

UFC 5-6-0 vs. 16-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-6-0
UFC record
16-12-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
44
AgeΔ 6 yrs
38
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
138.3
Layoff (months)Δ 131.1 mo
7.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Seth Baczynski is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Brad Tavares rarely shoots — 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Seth Baczynski is wasteful with strikes at range — only 26% land, vs a 38% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Seth Baczynski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1711

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.19 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Brad Tavares

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-10 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

3103.08/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
12433.41/min · norm 3.23
3163.14/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
12093.32/min · norm 3.20
31.6%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 53.8%
20.30/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Seth Baczynski

Distance 82.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 8.1%)

Brad Tavares

Distance 89.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 10.0%)

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

Seth Baczynski

Head 82.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 8.0%)

Brad Tavares

Head 76.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Baczynski L/AAccWelterweight med Tavares L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 808 25.9% 38.5% 1049 / 2548 41.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 65 / 108 60.2% 67.8% 150 / 231 64.9% 70.6%
On the ground 36 / 66 54.5% 67.0% 44 / 65 67.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 206 / 814 25.3% 36.4% 738 / 2171 34.0% 38.8%
To the body 70 / 121 57.9% 70.7% 213 / 327 65.1% 71.6%
To the legs 34 / 47 72.3% 83.0% 292 / 346 84.4% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 178 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 Baczynski L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Tavares L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 495 42.2% 39.1% 940 / 2281 41.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 67 / 94 71.3% 68.9% 201 / 317 63.4% 70.4%
On the ground 40 / 61 65.6% 68.0% 68 / 84 81.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 455 33.0% 35.6% 769 / 2047 37.6% 37.9%
To the body 81 / 93 87.1% 69.6% 190 / 305 62.3% 71.3%
To the legs 85 / 102 83.3% 82.2% 250 / 330 75.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
616.7% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1726.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.35
1548.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
11480.3% def · norm 63.3%
21:1321.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
46:3812.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
33:264:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
80:143:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.75/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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