Jose Daniel Medina vs. Zach Reese

UFC 0-4-0 vs. 4-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-4-0
UFC record
4-4-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
Age
6'0"
Height
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
5.3
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
0.9
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNCW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Zach Reese is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Zach Reese hunts takedowns — 2.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Jose Daniel Medina absorbs 5.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jose Daniel Medina

Full career not yet synced for Jose Daniel Medina — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Zach Reese

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

582.46/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2614.43/min · norm 3.25
1335.64/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2303.90/min · norm 3.20
43.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 47.4%
42.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jose Daniel Medina

Distance 97.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 10.3%)

Zach Reese

Distance 80.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jose Daniel Medina

Head 70.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zach Reese

Head 67.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Medina L/AAccMiddleweight med Reese L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 132 42.4% 40.5% 198 / 390 50.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3% 29 / 43 67.4% 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 34 / 49 69.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 95 32.6% 38.9% 132 / 323 40.9% 38.9%
To the body 14 / 27 51.9% 71.7% 78 / 103 75.7% 71.7%
To the legs 13 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 51 / 56 91.1% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Medina L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Reese L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 106 / 195 54.4% 39.5% 130 / 294 44.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 63 / 72 87.5% 70.9%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 69.0% 37 / 47 78.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 173 52.0% 37.9% 131 / 272 48.2% 37.9%
To the body 29 / 44 65.9% 71.3% 77 / 117 65.8% 71.3%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 82.1% 22 / 24 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.64/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1161.1% acc · 2.80/15 · norm 1.42
436.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1155.0% def · norm 63.1%
1:125.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
10:3017.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:135:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
13:373:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
41.02/15 · norm 0.47

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