Jan Blachowicz vs. Luke Rockhold
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Jan Blachowicz
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts
In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500
Luke Rockhold
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jan Blachowicz
Distance 85.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 10.4%)
Luke Rockhold
Distance 68.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 26.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jan Blachowicz
Head 73.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 15.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)
Luke Rockhold
Head 71.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Blachowicz L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Rockhold L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 815 / 1762 | 46.3% | 41.4% | 223 / 454 | 49.1% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 107 / 151 | 70.9% | 70.9% | 26 / 35 | 74.3% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 118 / 157 | 75.2% | 72.3% | 127 / 172 | 73.8% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 639 / 1530 | 41.8% | 38.9% | 221 / 469 | 47.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 215 / 319 | 67.4% | 71.9% | 97 / 124 | 78.2% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 186 / 221 | 84.2% | 81.8% | 58 / 68 | 85.3% | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Blachowicz L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Rockhold L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 628 / 1520 | 41.3% | 40.4% | 216 / 470 | 46.0% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 80 / 108 | 74.1% | 68.7% | 38 / 46 | 82.6% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 245 / 340 | 72.1% | 70.4% | 31 / 35 | 88.6% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 563 / 1428 | 39.4% | 37.5% | 149 / 384 | 38.8% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 156 / 254 | 61.4% | 72.3% | 84 / 112 | 75.0% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 234 / 286 | 81.8% | 83.0% | 52 / 55 | 94.5% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Blachowicz has more cage time on record.