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Tito Ortiz 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.

15-11-1 Tito Ortiz · UFC
10-5-0 Matt Hamill · 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
10-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
51
AgeΔ 2 yrs
49
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
169
Layoff (months)Δ 15.1 mo
153.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Matt Hamill hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
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.
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

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

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
5713.69/min · norm 3.41
6982.38/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
5893.80/min · norm 3.35
47.0%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 48.3%
59.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 52.9%
20.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.40

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%)

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)

Tito Ortiz

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

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 Ortiz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Hamill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 767 30.6% 41.4% 388 / 1082 35.9% 41.4%
In the clinch 153 / 213 71.8% 70.9% 55 / 90 61.1% 70.9%
On the ground 319 / 525 60.8% 72.3% 128 / 174 73.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 526 / 1282 41.0% 38.9% 467 / 1201 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 90 / 111 81.1% 71.9% 23 / 34 67.6% 71.9%
To the legs 91 / 112 81.2% 81.8% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Ortiz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Hamill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.4% 463 / 1299 35.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 103 / 164 62.8% 68.7% 69 / 128 53.9% 68.7%
On the ground 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4% 57 / 99 57.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.5% 343 / 1209 28.4% 37.5%
To the body 114 / 154 74.0% 72.3% 110 / 155 71.0% 72.3%
To the legs 105 / 147 71.4% 83.0% 136 / 162 84.0% 83.0%
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
3134.1% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 66.7%
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
36:0023.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
3:520:22 per 15 · norm 2:48
80.41/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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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