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Uros Medic vs. Punahele Soriano

UFC 8-3-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
2.6
Layoff (months)Δ 1.1 mo
1.5
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Uros Medic carries real power — 3.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Punahele Soriano carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Uros Medic rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Uros Medic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.76 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Punahele Soriano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.53 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2245.31/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5054.15/min · norm 3.23
1493.53/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4493.69/min · norm 3.20
58.2%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.4%
55.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.2%norm 53.8%
93.20/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.74/15 · norm 0.32

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

Uros Medic

Distance 70.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 19.0% (norm 8.1%)

Punahele Soriano

Distance 64.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 29.5% (norm 10.0%)

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

Uros Medic

Head 75.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.0%)

Punahele Soriano

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Medic L/AAccWelterweight med Soriano L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 273 52.4% 38.5% 231 / 617 37.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 28 / 39 71.8% 67.8% 46 / 59 78.0% 70.6%
On the ground 53 / 73 72.6% 67.0% 228 / 283 80.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 292 52.4% 36.4% 400 / 816 49.0% 38.8%
To the body 48 / 69 69.6% 70.7% 94 / 128 73.4% 71.6%
To the legs 23 / 24 too few to rate 83.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Medic L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Soriano L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 280 40.7% 39.1% 376 / 743 50.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.9% 57 / 75 76.0% 70.4%
On the ground 25 / 42 59.5% 68.0% 16 / 16 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 251 35.1% 35.6% 236 / 584 40.4% 37.9%
To the body 31 / 50 62.0% 69.6% 147 / 180 81.7% 71.3%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 82.2% 66 / 70 94.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1744.7% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.35
1055.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2150.0% def · norm 63.3%
1:363.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
36:0929.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
12:384:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
19:132:22 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
20.25/15 · norm 0.45

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