Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt

UFC 4-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 8-8-1 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-8-1 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
49
AgeΔ 3 yrs
52
6'3"
HeightΔ 5"
5'10"
81"
ReachΔ 9"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
121
Layoff (months)Δ 28.8 mo
92.2
NCLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brock Lesnar hunts takedowns — 3.73 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Brock Lesnar owns the mat — in control 55% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Mark Hunt carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brock Lesnar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Mark Hunt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 88
Tier 3 — regional circuit 56

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.2 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2133.53/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
4792.38/min · norm 3.36
1292.14/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
6673.32/min · norm 3.19
72.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 47.8%
51.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 52.5%
20.50/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
90.67/15 · norm 0.28

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

Brock Lesnar

Distance 30.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 59.8% (norm 9.3%)

Mark Hunt

Distance 91.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Brock Lesnar

Head 78.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.6%)

Mark Hunt

Head 86.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lesnar L/AAccHeavyweight med Hunt L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 89 34.8% 40.1% 405 / 1010 40.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 28 / 30 93.3% 70.6% 34 / 44 77.3% 70.6%
On the ground 154 / 177 87.0% 70.2% 40 / 51 78.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 233 65.2% 38.9% 378 / 960 39.4% 38.9%
To the body 47 / 48 97.9% 76.8% 51 / 83 61.4% 76.8%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 87.8% 50 / 62 80.6% 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 Lesnar L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Hunt L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 104 34.6% 40.7% 428 / 990 43.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 39 / 56 69.6% 70.6% 54 / 84 64.3% 70.6%
On the ground 54 / 103 52.4% 72.0% 185 / 235 78.7% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 235 43.8% 38.8% 482 / 1073 44.9% 38.8%
To the body 18 / 19 too few to rate 75.1% 110 / 140 78.6% 75.1%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 84.4% 75 / 96 78.1% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1553.6% acc · 3.73/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
753.8% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 0.95
360.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5065.8% def · norm 64.3%
33:1555.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
19:439.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
9:452:25 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
49:043:39 per 15 · norm 2:28
20.50/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.16

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