Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans

UFC 15-11-1 vs. 14-8-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-11-1
UFC record
14-8-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
51
AgeΔ 5 yrs
46
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
169
Layoff (months)Δ 71.1 mo
97.9
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tito Ortiz hunts takedowns — 2.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Rashad Evans hunts takedowns — 2.75 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

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

Rashad Evans

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 158
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7072.41/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6142.13/min · norm 3.41
6982.38/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
7102.46/min · norm 3.35
47.0%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
37.6%norm 48.3%
59.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
64.2%norm 52.9%
20.10/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
40.21/15 · 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%)

Rashad Evans

Distance 73.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 14.1% (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%)

Rashad Evans

Head 88.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 3.2% (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 Evans L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 767 30.6% 41.4% 359 / 1208 29.7% 41.4%
In the clinch 153 / 213 71.8% 70.9% 116 / 196 59.2% 70.9%
On the ground 319 / 525 60.8% 72.3% 139 / 231 60.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 526 / 1282 41.0% 38.9% 484 / 1446 33.5% 38.9%
To the body 90 / 111 81.1% 71.9% 87 / 136 64.0% 71.9%
To the legs 91 / 112 81.2% 81.8% 43 / 53 81.1% 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 Evans L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.4% 500 / 1641 30.5% 40.4%
In the clinch 103 / 164 62.8% 68.7% 188 / 309 60.8% 68.7%
On the ground 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4% 22 / 31 71.0% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.5% 444 / 1591 27.9% 37.5%
To the body 114 / 154 74.0% 72.3% 168 / 260 64.6% 72.3%
To the legs 105 / 147 71.4% 83.0% 98 / 130 75.4% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5844.6% acc · 2.96/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
5342.4% acc · 2.75/15 · norm 0.87
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3973.6% def · norm 66.7%
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
80:3527.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
17:280:54 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.