Joe Riggs vs. Ron Stallings

UFC 5-7-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-7-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 0 yrs
43
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
125.5
Layoff (months)Δ 5.6 mo
131.1
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joe Riggs hunts takedowns — 2.92 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Ron Stallings rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Joe Riggs owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joe Riggs

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 3 — regional circuit 4310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 44 finish wins over 70 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Ron Stallings

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 136

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1652.47/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
843.22/min · norm 3.25
1281.92/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
853.26/min · norm 3.20
50.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
60.9%norm 47.4%
52.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.1%norm 53.8%
10.22/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Joe Riggs

Distance 46.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 34.8% (norm 8.1%)

Ron Stallings

Distance 72.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 24.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Joe Riggs

Head 88.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.4%)

Ron Stallings

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Riggs L/AAccWelterweight med Stallings L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 150 41.3% 38.6% 59 / 100 59.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 37 / 62 59.7% 67.8% 22 / 34 64.7% 70.3%
On the ground 66 / 113 58.4% 67.2% 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 288 47.2% 37.2% 52 / 99 52.5% 38.9%
To the body 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7% 22 / 28 78.6% 71.7%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.9% 10 / 11 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 Riggs L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Stallings L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 173 34.1% 39.0% 38 / 94 40.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 47 / 66 71.2% 68.9% 14 / 33 42.4% 70.9%
On the ground 22 / 30 73.3% 68.0% 33 / 47 70.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 192 40.1% 35.6% 56 / 139 40.3% 37.9%
To the body 30 / 47 63.8% 69.6% 10 / 14 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 21 / 30 70.0% 82.1% 19 / 21 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1361.9% acc · 2.92/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
1872.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1071.4% def · norm 63.1%
22:0833.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:144.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
17:023:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
13:558:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.45/15 · 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 — Riggs has more cage time on record.