Jake Matthews vs. Bojan Velickovic

UFC 16-8-0 vs. 2-3-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-8-0
UFC record
2-3-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 6 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2.3
Layoff (months)Δ 102.3 mo
104.6
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLD

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jake Matthews is a submission threat — 0.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Bojan Velickovic rarely shoots — 0.67 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jake Matthews owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jake Matthews

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 168
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Bojan Velickovic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 165

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9253.36/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1952.18/min · norm 3.17
7102.58/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2072.31/min · norm 3.06
44.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.8%norm 44.9%
60.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.6%norm 55.25%
60.33/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jake Matthews

Distance 82.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.1% (norm 8.1%)

Bojan Velickovic

Distance 92.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jake Matthews

Head 82.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Bojan Velickovic

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 19.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Matthews L/AAccWelterweight med Velickovic L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 1706 38.9% 38.6% 166 / 519 32.0% 38.6%
In the clinch 67 / 100 67.0% 67.8% 19 / 30 63.3% 67.8%
On the ground 194 / 273 71.1% 67.2% 10 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 665 / 1718 38.7% 37.2% 93 / 395 23.5% 37.2%
To the body 161 / 239 67.4% 70.7% 29 / 54 53.7% 70.7%
To the legs 99 / 122 81.1% 82.9% 73 / 111 65.8% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Matthews L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Velickovic L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 517 / 1515 34.1% 39.0% 156 / 427 36.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 98 / 140 70.0% 68.9% 10 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 95 / 147 64.6% 68.0% 41 / 48 85.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 434 / 1402 31.0% 35.6% 159 / 424 37.5% 35.6%
To the body 124 / 199 62.3% 69.6% 26 / 37 70.3% 69.6%
To the legs 152 / 201 75.6% 82.1% 22 / 27 81.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2541.7% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
425.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.27
2866.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1655.2% def · norm 63.9%
72:5326.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:408.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
40:352:12 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
29:464:58 per 15 · norm 3:15
130.71/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.50/15 · norm 0.45

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