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Tim Boetsch vs. Jason Brilz

UFC 12-12-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-12-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
45
AgeΔ 6 yrs
51
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
91.4
Layoff (months)Δ 87.6 mo
179
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jason Brilz is a submission threat — 1.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jason Brilz hunts takedowns — 2.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tim Boetsch is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tim Boetsch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1212
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Jason Brilz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 202

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6352.93/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1852.66/min · norm 3.48
6292.90/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1241.78/min · norm 3.37
50.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
40.3%norm 48.45%
57.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
65.3%norm 52.75%
70.48/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Tim Boetsch

Distance 73.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.0%)

Jason Brilz

Distance 62.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.1% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 16.1% (norm 10.6%)

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

Tim Boetsch

Head 71.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.4%)

Jason Brilz

Head 85.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 5.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Boetsch L/AAccMiddleweight med Brilz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 397 / 920 43.2% 40.5% 75 / 288 26.0% 41.5%
In the clinch 161 / 234 68.8% 70.6% 55 / 97 56.7% 70.8%
On the ground 77 / 99 77.8% 69.4% 55 / 74 74.3% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 891 40.9% 38.8% 134 / 392 34.2% 39.2%
To the body 161 / 233 69.1% 71.6% 23 / 27 85.2% 72.0%
To the legs 110 / 129 85.3% 83.3% 28 / 40 70.0% 82.1%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Boetsch L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Brilz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 331 / 1011 32.7% 39.5% 98 / 318 30.8% 40.6%
In the clinch 148 / 236 62.7% 70.4% 17 / 27 63.0% 68.8%
On the ground 150 / 220 68.2% 69.0% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 1137 32.8% 37.9% 101 / 329 30.7% 37.7%
To the body 159 / 208 76.4% 71.3% 15 / 19 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 97 / 122 79.5% 82.1% 8 / 9 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2134.4% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1125.0% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 0.87
3259.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 66.7%
31:3414.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
31:1144.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
61:284:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
5:111:07 per 15 · norm 2:50
110.76/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
61.29/15 · norm 0.28

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