Joe Son vs. Keith Hackney

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
55
Age
5'4"
HeightΔ 7"
5'11"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Sideways
379.7
Layoff (months)Δ 12 mo
367.7
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joe Son hunts takedowns — 5.49 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Joe Son is a submission threat — 5.49 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Open Weight norm.
Keith Hackney outworks the Open Weight division — 3.64 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 1.46 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joe Son

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 03

Tier-weighted record quality: -2.08 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 0 finish wins over 4 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Keith Hackney

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 01

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.24 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 1 finish wins over 3 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

00.00/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
473.64/min · norm 1.46
82.93/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
191.47/min · norm 1.68
norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
58.0%norm 45.8%
42.9%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
11.16/15 · norm 0.00

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

Joe Son

Distance 0.0% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 28.7%)

Keith Hackney

Distance 27.2% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 64.2% (norm 28.7%)

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

Joe Son

Head 0.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 5.2%)

Keith Hackney

Head 79.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 2.5% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 18.5% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Son L/AAccOpen Weight med Hackney L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 27.8% 10 / 22 too few to rate 27.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 63.8% 4 / 7 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 65.8% 33 / 52 63.5% 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 0 too few to rate 39.3% 33 / 64 51.6% 39.3%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 90.5% 1 / 2 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 53.5% 13 / 15 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Son L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Hackney L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 7 too few to rate 37.0% 4 / 15 too few to rate 37.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 66.7% 9 / 13 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 67.1% 6 / 10 too few to rate 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 5 too few to rate 47.0% 13 / 28 46.4% 47.0%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 87.9% 3 / 5 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 61.2% 3 / 5 too few to rate 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 5.49/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.15
0— def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
15.49/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
11.16/15 · norm 1.34

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