Drew McFedries vs. Patrick Cote

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 10-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
10-11-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48
AgeΔ 2 yrs
46
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
202.6
Layoff (months)Δ 90.6 mo
112
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Drew McFedries carries real power — 4.27 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Drew McFedries outworks the Middleweight division — 5.13 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Patrick Cote rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Drew McFedries

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Patrick Cote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1011
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1085.13/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6622.79/min · norm 3.25
964.56/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7703.25/min · norm 3.20
51.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 47.4%
52.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
48.4%norm 53.8%
64.27/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · norm 0.32

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

Drew McFedries

Distance 65.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.2% (norm 10.3%)

Patrick Cote

Distance 73.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Drew McFedries

Head 86.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Patrick Cote

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McFedries L/AAccMiddleweight med Cote L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 139 41.0% 40.5% 405 / 1008 40.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 26 / 40 65.0% 70.3% 135 / 210 64.3% 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 32 78.1% 69.1% 122 / 160 76.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 182 46.2% 38.9% 394 / 972 40.5% 38.9%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 71.7% 108 / 189 57.1% 71.7%
To the legs 11 / 14 too few to rate 83.3% 160 / 217 73.7% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 McFedries L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Cote L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 135 38.5% 39.5% 429 / 991 43.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 31 / 49 63.3% 70.9% 163 / 241 67.6% 70.9%
On the ground 13 / 18 too few to rate 69.0% 178 / 260 68.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 175 44.0% 37.9% 461 / 1102 41.8% 37.9%
To the body 11 / 18 too few to rate 71.3% 167 / 219 76.3% 71.3%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 142 / 171 83.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2100.0% acc · 1.42/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1019.6% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.42
956.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2444.4% def · norm 63.1%
1:024.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
40:5617.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
7:235:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
76:434:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.71/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.25/15 · norm 0.47

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