Dan Bobish vs. Brian Johnston
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Dan Bobish
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 16 | 8 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.26 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 26 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500
Brian Johnston
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.16 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 10 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dan Bobish
Distance 40.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 27.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 31.8% (norm 9.3%)
Brian Johnston
Distance 39.6% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 39.6% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 20.8% (norm 28.7%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dan Bobish
Head 100.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)
Brian Johnston
Head 73.6% (norm 81.2%) · Body 13.2% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 5.2%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bobish L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Johnston L/A | Acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 2 / 9 | too few to rate | 40.1% | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 27.8% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 63.8% |
| On the ground | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 65.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 9 / 22 | too few to rate | 38.9% | 18 / 39 | 46.2% | 39.3% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 76.8% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 90.5% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 53.5% |
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 · Open Weight: 11 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 Bobish L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Johnston L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 40.7% | 4 / 14 | too few to rate | 37.0% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 66.7% |
| On the ground | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 42 / 63 | 66.7% | 67.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 38.8% | 45 / 81 | 55.6% | 47.0% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 75.1% | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 87.9% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 84.4% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 61.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Johnston has more cage time on record.