Tim Boetsch vs.
Matt Hamill
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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
Matt Hamill
Full career not yet synced for Matt Hamill — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Matt Hamill
Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.4%)
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%)
Matt Hamill
Head 89.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.2% (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/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Hamill L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 397 / 920 | 43.2% | 40.5% | 388 / 1082 | 35.9% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 161 / 234 | 68.8% | 70.3% | 55 / 90 | 61.1% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 77 / 99 | 77.8% | 69.1% | 128 / 174 | 73.6% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 364 / 891 | 40.9% | 38.9% | 467 / 1201 | 38.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 161 / 233 | 69.1% | 71.7% | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 110 / 129 | 85.3% | 83.3% | 81 / 111 | 73.0% | 81.8% |
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 · Light Heavyweight: 93 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/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Hamill L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 331 / 1011 | 32.7% | 39.5% | 463 / 1299 | 35.6% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 148 / 236 | 62.7% | 70.9% | 69 / 128 | 53.9% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 150 / 220 | 68.2% | 69.0% | 57 / 99 | 57.6% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 373 / 1137 | 32.8% | 37.9% | 343 / 1209 | 28.4% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 159 / 208 | 76.4% | 71.3% | 110 / 155 | 71.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 97 / 122 | 79.5% | 82.1% | 136 / 162 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Boetsch has more cage time on record.