Jake Hecht vs. Rich Attonito

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 3-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42
AgeΔ 7 yrs
49
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
170
Layoff (months)Δ 5.9 mo
175.9
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jake Hecht hunts takedowns — 2.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Rich Attonito carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Rich Attonito rarely shoots — 0.74 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jake Hecht

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

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

Rich Attonito

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

723.26/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1382.28/min · norm 3.25
612.76/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1292.13/min · norm 3.20
47.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 47.4%
56.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.50/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jake Hecht

Distance 61.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.5% (norm 8.1%)

Rich Attonito

Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jake Hecht

Head 74.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Rich Attonito

Head 80.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hecht L/AAccWelterweight med Attonito L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 25 / 93 26.9% 38.6% 61 / 169 36.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 19 / 27 70.4% 67.8% 12 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 28 / 31 90.3% 67.2% 65 / 99 65.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 113 39.8% 37.2% 91 / 233 39.1% 38.9%
To the body 23 / 33 69.7% 70.7% 25 / 31 80.6% 71.7%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 82.9% 22 / 24 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Hecht L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Attonito L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 27 / 88 30.7% 39.0% 74 / 251 29.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 18 / 26 69.2% 68.9% 25 / 28 89.3% 70.9%
On the ground 16 / 25 64.0% 68.0% 30 / 37 81.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 110 31.8% 35.6% 69 / 223 30.9% 37.9%
To the body 20 / 22 too few to rate 69.6% 26 / 52 50.0% 71.3%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 82.1% 34 / 41 82.9% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
337.5% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
337.5% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 1.42
240.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2175.0% def · norm 63.1%
3:1014.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:2925.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:055:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:273:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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