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Tito Ortiz vs.
Jerry Bohlander

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

15-11-1 Tito Ortiz · UFC
5-2-0 Jerry Bohlander · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-11-1
UFC record
5-2-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
51.5
AgeΔ 1 yrs
52.5
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
169
Layoff (months)Δ 161.9 mo
330.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Tito Ortiz hunts takedowns — 2.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tito Ortiz owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Jerry Bohlander's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight 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.

Tito Ortiz

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

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Jerry Bohlander

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7072.41/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
420.85/min · norm 1.46
6982.38/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
691.39/min · norm 1.68
47.0%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
48.3%norm 45.8%
59.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 49.0%
20.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Tito Ortiz

Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.4%)

Jerry Bohlander

Distance 56.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 28.7% (norm 28.7%)

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

Tito Ortiz

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)

Jerry Bohlander

Head 64.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ortiz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Bohlander L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 767 30.6% 41.4% 16 / 49 32.7% 27.8%
In the clinch 153 / 213 71.8% 70.9% 10 / 13 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 319 / 525 60.8% 72.3% 16 / 25 64.0% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 526 / 1282 41.0% 38.9% 22 / 56 39.3% 39.3%
To the body 90 / 111 81.1% 71.9% 7 / 7 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 91 / 112 81.2% 81.8% 13 / 24 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Ortiz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Bohlander L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.4% 19 / 43 44.2% 37.0%
In the clinch 103 / 164 62.8% 68.7% 12 / 19 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4% 38 / 60 63.3% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.5% 58 / 109 53.2% 47.0%
To the body 114 / 154 74.0% 72.3% 9 / 10 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 105 / 147 71.4% 83.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5844.6% acc · 2.96/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 0.91/15 · norm 1.15
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 66.7%
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
80.41/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
51.51/15 · norm 1.34

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

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