Alistair Overeem vs. Stipe Miocic

UFC 12-8-0 vs. 14-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-8-0
UFC record
14-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
46
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
80"
ReachΔ 0"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
66
Layoff (months)Δ 45.3 mo
20.7
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alistair Overeem carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Stipe Miocic hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Stipe Miocic carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alistair Overeem

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 128
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3411

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 41 finish wins over 66 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Stipe Miocic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 145
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7153.87/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
10074.67/min · norm 3.36
5893.19/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
8654.01/min · norm 3.19
74.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.8%
51.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 52.5%
100.81/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
70.49/15 · norm 0.28

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

Alistair Overeem

Distance 50.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 32.6% (norm 9.3%)

Stipe Miocic

Distance 79.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Alistair Overeem

Head 61.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 27.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 7.6%)

Stipe Miocic

Head 84.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Overeem L/AAccHeavyweight med Miocic L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 314 / 482 65.1% 40.1% 721 / 1512 47.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 144 / 166 86.7% 70.6% 121 / 179 67.6% 70.6%
On the ground 257 / 314 81.8% 70.2% 165 / 219 75.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 386 / 593 65.1% 38.9% 737 / 1612 45.7% 38.9%
To the body 231 / 262 88.2% 76.8% 139 / 159 87.4% 76.8%
To the legs 98 / 107 91.6% 87.8% 131 / 139 94.2% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Overeem L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Miocic L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 357 / 887 40.2% 40.7% 705 / 1601 44.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 155 / 220 70.5% 70.6% 72 / 106 67.9% 70.6%
On the ground 77 / 98 78.6% 72.0% 88 / 107 82.2% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 404 / 958 42.2% 38.8% 624 / 1449 43.1% 38.8%
To the body 126 / 166 75.9% 75.1% 129 / 231 55.8% 75.1%
To the legs 59 / 81 72.8% 84.4% 112 / 134 83.6% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1034.5% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
2534.2% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 0.95
1263.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1365.0% def · norm 64.3%
48:0926.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
57:1626.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
18:531:31 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
11:050:46 per 15 · norm 2:28
30.24/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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