Houston Alexander vs. Kevin Ferguson

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 1-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
54
AgeΔ 2 yrs
52
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
200.1
Layoff (months)Δ 5.1 mo
195
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Houston Alexander carries real power — 1.78 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Kevin Ferguson hunts takedowns — 3.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Kevin Ferguson is a submission threat — 0.61 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Houston Alexander

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 148

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.04 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Kevin Ferguson

Full career not yet synced for Kevin Ferguson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

923.64/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
321.31/min · norm 3.36
823.25/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
873.57/min · norm 3.19
55.8%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
36.8%norm 47.8%
47.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
35.6%norm 52.5%
31.78/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Houston Alexander

Distance 54.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 22.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 23.0% (norm 10.4%)

Kevin Ferguson

Distance 75.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 9.3%)

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

Houston Alexander

Head 64.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 29.1% (norm 9.7%)

Kevin Ferguson

Head 86.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alexander L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Ferguson L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 45 / 90 50.0% 41.4% 16 / 66 24.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 24 / 37 64.9% 70.9% 4 / 9 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 23 / 38 60.5% 72.3% 12 / 12 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 49 / 107 45.8% 38.9% 27 / 75 36.0% 38.9%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 71.9% 5 / 11 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 36 / 48 75.0% 81.8% 0 / 1 too few to rate 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 (Light 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 Alexander L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Ferguson L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 21 / 62 33.9% 40.4% 58 / 95 61.1% 40.7%
In the clinch 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.7% 5 / 14 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 49 / 72 68.1% 70.4% 24 / 26 92.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 139 48.9% 37.5% 39 / 75 52.0% 38.8%
To the body 13 / 16 too few to rate 72.3% 5 / 5 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.0% 43 / 55 78.2% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
666.7% acc · 3.69/15 · norm 0.95
436.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.3%
1:497.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
6:5328.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
8:445:11 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
3:332:10 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.61/15 · norm 0.16

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