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William Macario vs. Bobby Voelker

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 12 yrs
47
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
139.9
Layoff (months)Δ 8.5 mo
148.4
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bobby Voelker absorbs 5.73 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
William Macario outworks the Welterweight division — 4.92 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Opponents land 52% of their head shots on Bobby Voelker, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

William Macario

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.27 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Bobby Voelker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 05
Tier 3 — regional circuit 349

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 27 finish wins over 48 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2004.92/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1913.79/min · norm 3.17
1613.96/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2895.73/min · norm 3.08
54.9%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 44.75%
65.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
41.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

William Macario

Distance 76.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 8.1%)

Bobby Voelker

Distance 79.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

William Macario

Head 74.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.0%)

Bobby Voelker

Head 83.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Macario L/AAccWelterweight med Voelker L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 139 / 279 49.8% 38.5% 120 / 437 27.5% 38.5%
In the clinch 47 / 57 82.5% 67.8% 55 / 85 64.7% 67.8%
On the ground 14 / 28 50.0% 67.0% 16 / 29 55.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 272 46.3% 36.4% 123 / 458 26.9% 36.4%
To the body 35 / 49 71.4% 70.7% 36 / 51 70.6% 70.7%
To the legs 39 / 43 90.7% 83.0% 32 / 42 76.2% 83.0%

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 · Welterweight: 180 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 Macario L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Voelker L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 102 / 372 27.4% 39.1% 203 / 383 53.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 19 / 36 52.8% 68.9% 65 / 84 77.4% 68.9%
On the ground 40 / 61 65.6% 68.0% 21 / 26 80.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 413 30.8% 35.6% 207 / 396 52.3% 35.6%
To the body 17 / 29 58.6% 69.6% 48 / 62 77.4% 69.6%
To the legs 17 / 27 63.0% 82.2% 34 / 35 97.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 1.85/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
450.0% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.31
1178.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1470.0% def · norm 63.9%
5:4714.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:5715.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
4:151:34 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
13:043:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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