Jesse Forbes vs. Matt Hamill

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 10-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
10-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
41
AgeΔ 8 yrs
49
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
194.3
Layoff (months)Δ 40.4 mo
153.9
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Matt Hamill hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jesse Forbes carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Jesse Forbes is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 40% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jesse Forbes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 152

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500

Matt Hamill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

442.11/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5713.69/min · norm 3.41
683.26/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5893.80/min · norm 3.35
23.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 48.3%
56.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 52.9%
10.72/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jesse Forbes

Distance 80.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.6% (norm 10.3%)

Matt Hamill

Distance 80.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jesse Forbes

Head 86.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.1% (norm 8.4%)

Matt Hamill

Head 89.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.5% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Forbes L/AAccMiddleweight med Hamill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 24 / 152 15.8% 40.5% 388 / 1082 35.9% 41.4%
In the clinch 19 / 35 54.3% 70.3% 55 / 90 61.1% 70.9%
On the ground 1 / 3 too few to rate 69.1% 128 / 174 73.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 25 / 164 15.2% 38.9% 467 / 1201 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 17 / 24 too few to rate 71.7% 23 / 34 67.6% 71.9%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 81 / 111 73.0% 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light 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 Forbes L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hamill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 101 30.7% 39.5% 463 / 1299 35.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 28 / 43 65.1% 70.9% 69 / 128 53.9% 68.7%
On the ground 9 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 57 / 99 57.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 134 35.8% 37.9% 343 / 1209 28.4% 37.5%
To the body 10 / 12 too few to rate 71.3% 110 / 155 71.0% 72.3%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.1% 136 / 162 84.0% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.72/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3134.1% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
770.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1191.7% def · norm 66.7%
1:428.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
36:0023.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
4:333:16 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:520:22 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.72/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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