Austin Hubbard vs. Kyle Prepolec

UFC 4-8-0 vs. 0-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-8-0
UFC record
0-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
11.5
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
0.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kyle Prepolec rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Kyle Prepolec absorbs 6.59 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Austin Hubbard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Kyle Prepolec

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 16
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6223.97/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1613.01/min · norm 3.42
6414.10/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3536.59/min · norm 3.37
42.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
33.6%norm 43.5%
55.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
45.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Austin Hubbard

Distance 92.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 8.0%)

Kyle Prepolec

Distance 98.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Austin Hubbard

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 7.9%)

Kyle Prepolec

Head 78.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hubbard L/AAccLightweight med Prepolec L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 548 / 1363 40.2% 37.9% 155 / 471 32.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 40 / 70 57.1% 67.3% 5 / 7 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 34 / 47 72.3% 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 326 / 1044 31.2% 35.0% 98 / 377 26.0% 35.0%
To the body 176 / 295 59.7% 69.1% 40 / 65 61.5% 69.1%
To the legs 120 / 141 85.1% 81.9% 23 / 37 62.2% 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 Hubbard L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Prepolec L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 560 / 1330 42.1% 38.9% 238 / 499 47.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 45 / 57 78.9% 68.6% 28 / 32 87.5% 68.6%
On the ground 36 / 43 83.7% 68.0% 87 / 111 78.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 376 / 1070 35.1% 35.1% 205 / 454 45.2% 35.1%
To the body 117 / 184 63.6% 68.1% 74 / 104 71.2% 68.1%
To the legs 148 / 176 84.1% 81.5% 74 / 84 88.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1728.8% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
3068.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
541.7% def · norm 64.0%
27:1917.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:561.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
25:352:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
15:254:19 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.10/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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