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Tito Ortiz vs. Patrick Cote

UFC 15-11-1 vs. 10-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-11-1
UFC record
10-11-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
51
AgeΔ 5 yrs
46
6'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
171.5
Layoff (months)Δ 57.1 mo
114.4
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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 17% Light Heavyweight norm.
Patrick Cote rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tito Ortiz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

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

Patrick Cote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1011
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7072.41/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
6622.79/min · norm 3.23
6982.38/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7703.25/min · norm 3.20
47.0%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 47.4%
59.7%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
48.4%norm 53.8%
20.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

Tito Ortiz

Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.6%)

Patrick Cote

Distance 73.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

Tito Ortiz

Head 85.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)

Patrick Cote

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 8.4%)

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 Cote L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 767 30.6% 41.5% 405 / 1008 40.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 153 / 213 71.8% 70.8% 135 / 210 64.3% 70.6%
On the ground 319 / 525 60.8% 72.9% 122 / 160 76.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 526 / 1282 41.0% 39.2% 394 / 972 40.5% 38.8%
To the body 90 / 111 81.1% 72.0% 108 / 189 57.1% 71.6%
To the legs 91 / 112 81.2% 82.1% 160 / 217 73.7% 83.3%

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: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Cote L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.6% 429 / 991 43.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 103 / 164 62.8% 68.8% 163 / 241 67.6% 70.4%
On the ground 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4% 178 / 260 68.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.7% 461 / 1102 41.8% 37.9%
To the body 114 / 154 74.0% 72.9% 167 / 219 76.3% 71.3%
To the legs 105 / 147 71.4% 83.1% 142 / 171 83.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5844.6% acc · 2.96/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1019.6% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.35
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2444.4% def · norm 63.3%
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
40:5617.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
76:434:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.41/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.25/15 · norm 0.45

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