Alex Stiebling vs. Mark Hughes
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Alex Stiebling
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 19 | 10 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.2 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Mark Hughes
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 8 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alex Stiebling
Distance 28.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 28.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 42.9% (norm 10.3%)
Mark Hughes
Distance 5.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 89.5% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alex Stiebling
Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 28.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Mark Hughes
Head 89.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Stiebling L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Hughes L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 40.5% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 8 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 38.9% | 7 / 17 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 0 / 0 | 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 (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 Stiebling L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Hughes L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 39.5% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 8 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 7 / 17 | too few to rate | 37.9% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 37.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Stiebling has more cage time on record.