Alen Amedovski vs. Joseph Holmes

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-4-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 7 yrs
31
5'10"
HeightΔ 6"
6'4"
74"
ReachΔ 6"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
46.7
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
39.1
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alen Amedovski's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Alen Amedovski rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Joseph Holmes carries real power — 0.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alen Amedovski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Joseph Holmes

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

In the UFC: 0-1 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

200.99/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1043.20/min · norm 3.25
783.85/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1063.26/min · norm 3.20
30.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
57.8%norm 47.4%
46.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.1%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.46/15 · norm 0.32

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

Alen Amedovski

Distance 92.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.3%)

Joseph Holmes

Distance 85.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Alen Amedovski

Head 81.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)

Joseph Holmes

Head 64.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 17.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Amedovski L/AAccMiddleweight med Holmes L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 61 27.9% 40.5% 82 / 153 53.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 54 24.1% 38.9% 53 / 116 45.7% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 5 too few to rate 71.7% 23 / 32 71.9% 71.7%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 83.3% 28 / 32 87.5% 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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Amedovski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Holmes L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 33 / 89 37.1% 39.5% 65 / 168 38.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.9% 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 44 / 55 80.0% 69.0% 30 / 42 71.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 122 52.5% 37.9% 70 / 176 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 8 / 15 too few to rate 71.3% 19 / 26 73.1% 71.3%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.92/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
444.4% def · norm 63.1%
0:131.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
6:4520.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
10:037:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:464:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.46/15 · norm 0.47

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