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Tim Elliott vs. Zach Makovsky

UFC 11-12-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-12-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'4"
66"
ReachΔ 2"
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 117.1 mo
118.3
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Zach Makovsky hunts takedowns — 3.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Tim Elliott hunts takedowns — 3.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Tim Elliott owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tim Elliott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1012
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Zach Makovsky

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 116

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10123.55/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2041.94/min · norm 3.48
8683.05/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2352.24/min · norm 3.24
42.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
43.0%norm 44.6%
56.2%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
62.3%norm 56.4%
20.11/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Tim Elliott

Distance 78.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 11.9% (norm 7.3%)

Zach Makovsky

Distance 82.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.7% (norm 7.3%)

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

Tim Elliott

Head 72.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.1% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 9.3%)

Zach Makovsky

Head 77.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 11.2% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Elliott L/AAccFlyweight med Makovsky L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 670 / 1877 35.7% 39.9% 142 / 389 36.5% 39.9%
In the clinch 160 / 226 70.8% 70.1% 29 / 39 74.4% 70.1%
On the ground 182 / 283 64.3% 69.7% 33 / 46 71.7% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 600 / 1735 34.6% 37.6% 119 / 367 32.4% 37.6%
To the body 191 / 361 52.9% 68.5% 38 / 53 71.7% 68.5%
To the legs 221 / 290 76.2% 80.0% 47 / 54 87.0% 80.0%

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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Elliott L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Makovsky L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 729 / 1773 41.1% 39.9% 131 / 463 28.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 85 / 131 64.9% 68.8% 66 / 107 61.7% 68.8%
On the ground 54 / 76 71.1% 70.4% 38 / 54 70.4% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 622 / 1659 37.5% 35.4% 143 / 496 28.8% 35.4%
To the body 163 / 222 73.4% 67.9% 62 / 91 68.1% 67.9%
To the legs 83 / 99 83.8% 80.2% 30 / 37 81.1% 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7045.5% acc · 3.69/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
2630.6% acc · 3.71/15 · norm 1.30
3859.4% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1356.5% def · norm 62.5%
86:3930.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
25:4724.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
58:363:05 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
21:023:00 per 15 · norm 2:46
191.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
20.29/15 · norm 0.58

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