Benji Radach vs. Sean Sherk

UFC 1-1-0 (1 NC) vs. 8-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
47
AgeΔ 6 yrs
53
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
286.3
Layoff (months)Δ 95.9 mo
190.4
LWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Benji Radach carries real power — 1.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Sean Sherk hunts takedowns — 4.01 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Benji Radach owns the mat — in control 53% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Benji Radach

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 52
Tier 3 — regional circuit 165

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Sean Sherk

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 3 — regional circuit 270

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

432.18/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4152.22/min · norm 3.42
60.30/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5452.92/min · norm 3.37
56.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 43.5%
66.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 56.3%
21.52/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Benji Radach

Distance 26.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 60.5% (norm 8.1%)

Sean Sherk

Distance 73.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Benji Radach

Head 90.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Sean Sherk

Head 90.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Radach L/AAccWelterweight med Sherk L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 20 too few to rate 38.6% 220 / 873 25.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 5 / 10 too few to rate 67.8% 65 / 135 48.1% 67.3%
On the ground 30 / 46 65.2% 67.2% 130 / 188 69.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 69 58.0% 37.2% 311 / 1084 28.7% 35.0%
To the body 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.7% 43 / 46 93.5% 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9% 61 / 66 92.4% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Radach L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Sherk L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 11 too few to rate 39.0% 425 / 1030 41.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9% 52 / 79 65.8% 68.6%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.0% 68 / 104 65.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 18 too few to rate 35.6% 426 / 1062 40.1% 35.1%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.6% 93 / 115 80.9% 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 26 / 36 72.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
5044.2% acc · 4.01/15 · norm 1.38
1386.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1356.5% def · norm 64.0%
10:3153.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
87:1746.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
4:533:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
22:161:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.32/15 · norm 0.49

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