Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Joe Stevenson
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 0 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 24 | 7 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 48 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500
Javier Vazquez
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Joe Stevenson
Distance 65.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 26.7% (norm 8.0%)
Javier Vazquez
Distance 93.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Joe Stevenson
Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)
Javier Vazquez
Head 93.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Stevenson L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Vazquez L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 142 / 482 | 29.5% | 37.9% | 56 / 151 | 37.1% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 35 / 54 | 64.8% | 67.3% | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 130 / 195 | 66.7% | 69.1% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 225 / 619 | 36.3% | 35.0% | 54 / 151 | 35.8% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 44 / 67 | 65.7% | 69.1% | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 38 / 45 | 84.4% | 81.9% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 80.7% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Stevenson L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Vazquez L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 304 / 865 | 35.1% | 38.9% | 27 / 74 | 36.5% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 55 | 47.3% | 68.6% | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 102 / 170 | 60.0% | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 348 / 981 | 35.5% | 35.1% | 18 / 62 | 29.0% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 63 / 83 | 75.9% | 68.1% | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 21 / 26 | 80.8% | 81.5% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Stevenson has more cage time on record.