Josh Haynes vs. Rory Singer

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
49
AgeΔ 1 yrs
50
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
6'2"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
232
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
229.7
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rory Singer rarely shoots — 0.39 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Rory Singer is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Josh Haynes is wasteful with strikes at range — only 16% land, vs a 39% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Haynes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 179

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.21 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Rory Singer

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 107

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.03 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

401.25/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
972.55/min · norm 3.25
1294.03/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
922.42/min · norm 3.20
22.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 47.4%
52.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.6%norm 53.8%
10.47/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Josh Haynes

Distance 77.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 8.1%)

Rory Singer

Distance 71.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 26.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Josh Haynes

Head 86.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

Rory Singer

Head 84.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Haynes L/AAccWelterweight med Singer L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 22 / 137 16.1% 38.6% 50 / 176 28.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 19 too few to rate 67.8% 45 / 64 70.3% 70.3%
On the ground 9 / 22 too few to rate 67.2% 2 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 154 15.6% 37.2% 60 / 206 29.1% 38.9%
To the body 10 / 16 too few to rate 70.7% 16 / 16 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.9% 21 / 23 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 Haynes L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Singer L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 194 40.2% 39.0% 28 / 149 18.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 38 / 60 63.3% 68.9% 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.0% 47 / 80 58.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 226 38.9% 35.6% 62 / 213 29.1% 37.9%
To the body 34 / 39 87.2% 69.6% 12 / 17 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 7 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 18 / 23 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
218.2% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.39/15 · norm 1.42
342.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1164.7% def · norm 63.1%
4:0612.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:356.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
7:123:22 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
16:216:26 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.79/15 · norm 0.47

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