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Tim Boetsch vs.
Johny Hendricks

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

12-12-0 Tim Boetsch · UFC
13-8-0 Johny Hendricks · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-12-0
UFC record
13-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45.5
AgeΔ 2.6 yrs
42.9
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
88.9
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
105
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Johny Hendricks hunts takedowns — 3.67 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Johny Hendricks owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Tim Boetsch is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight 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.

Tim Boetsch

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

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

Johny Hendricks

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

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6352.93/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8853.55/min · norm 3.17
6292.90/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
9793.93/min · norm 3.06
50.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 44.9%
57.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.4%norm 55.25%
70.48/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
60.36/15 · norm 0.38

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

Tim Boetsch

Distance 73.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.3%)

Johny Hendricks

Distance 79.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Johny Hendricks

Head 81.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Boetsch L/AAccMiddleweight med Hendricks L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 397 / 920 43.2% 40.5% 605 / 1542 39.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 161 / 234 68.8% 70.3% 208 / 297 70.0% 67.8%
On the ground 77 / 99 77.8% 69.1% 72 / 99 72.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 364 / 891 40.9% 38.9% 584 / 1577 37.0% 37.2%
To the body 161 / 233 69.1% 71.7% 77 / 105 73.3% 70.7%
To the legs 110 / 129 85.3% 83.3% 224 / 256 87.5% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Boetsch L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hendricks L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 331 / 1011 32.7% 39.5% 720 / 1736 41.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 148 / 236 62.7% 70.9% 189 / 286 66.1% 68.9%
On the ground 150 / 220 68.2% 69.0% 70 / 78 89.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 1137 32.8% 37.9% 620 / 1627 38.1% 35.6%
To the body 159 / 208 76.4% 71.3% 256 / 349 73.4% 69.6%
To the legs 97 / 122 79.5% 82.1% 103 / 124 83.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2134.4% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
6150.0% acc · 3.67/15 · norm 1.27
3259.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2767.5% def · norm 63.9%
31:3414.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
80:1832.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
61:284:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
21:291:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
110.76/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
60.36/15 · norm 0.45

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

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