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Viacheslav Borshchev vs.
Chase Hooper

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

3-6-1 Viacheslav Borshchev · UFC
9-5-0 Chase Hooper · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-6-1
UFC record
9-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34
AgeΔ 8 yrs
26
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
69"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
8.7
Layoff (months)Δ 8.1 mo
0.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.

Chase Hooper is a submission threat — 2.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Viacheslav Borshchev carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Chase Hooper hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Viacheslav Borshchev

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

In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Chase Hooper

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5504.99/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
5054.32/min · norm 3.42
4804.35/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3573.05/min · norm 3.37
50.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.5%
57.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
40.6%norm 56.3%
40.54/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Viacheslav Borshchev

Distance 93.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)

Chase Hooper

Distance 72.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Viacheslav Borshchev

Head 71.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.0% (norm 7.9%)

Chase Hooper

Head 81.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Borshchev L/AAccLightweight med Hooper L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 505 / 1022 49.4% 37.9% 311 / 768 40.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 25 / 40 62.5% 67.3% 59 / 101 58.4% 67.3%
On the ground 20 / 36 55.6% 69.1% 135 / 192 70.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 786 35.8% 35.0% 357 / 869 41.1% 35.0%
To the body 138 / 169 81.7% 69.1% 93 / 126 73.8% 69.1%
To the legs 131 / 143 91.6% 81.9% 55 / 66 83.3% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Borshchev L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Hooper L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 329 / 902 36.5% 38.9% 254 / 475 53.5% 38.9%
In the clinch 23 / 43 53.5% 68.6% 33 / 44 75.0% 68.6%
On the ground 128 / 182 70.3% 68.0% 70 / 82 85.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 906 36.1% 35.1% 255 / 482 52.9% 35.1%
To the body 75 / 117 64.1% 68.1% 51 / 63 81.0% 68.1%
To the legs 78 / 104 75.0% 81.5% 51 / 56 91.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2234.4% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.38
2744.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
950.0% def · norm 64.0%
5:154.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
41:4035.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
37:465:08 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
24:193:07 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.14/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
162.05/15 · norm 0.49

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

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