Josh Koscheck vs. Georges St-Pierre

UFC 15-10-0 vs. 20-2-0
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Josh Koscheck

VS

Georges St-Pierre

15-10-0
UFC record
20-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
48
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
136.6
Layoff (months)Δ 31.5 mo
105.1
LLLLL
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The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Georges St-Pierre hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Georges St-Pierre owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Josh Koscheck owns the mat — in control 39% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Josh Koscheck

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Georges St-Pierre

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 202
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.01 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4281.79/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
13133.83/min · norm 3.17
5272.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4961.45/min · norm 3.06
36.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 44.9%
63.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
73.1%norm 55.25%
40.25/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
90.39/15 · norm 0.38

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

Josh Koscheck

Distance 74.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.8% (norm 8.1%)

Georges St-Pierre

Distance 68.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Josh Koscheck

Head 88.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Georges St-Pierre

Head 74.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Koscheck L/AAccWelterweight med St-Pierre L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 880 23.2% 38.6% 755 / 1689 44.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 45 / 69 65.2% 67.8% 97 / 125 77.6% 67.8%
On the ground 179 / 234 76.5% 67.2% 461 / 656 70.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 1041 30.9% 37.2% 850 / 1847 46.0% 37.2%
To the body 80 / 110 72.7% 70.7% 245 / 341 71.8% 70.7%
To the legs 26 / 32 81.2% 82.9% 218 / 282 77.3% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Koscheck L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs St-Pierre L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 413 / 1275 32.4% 39.0% 351 / 1613 21.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 74 / 97 76.3% 68.9% 93 / 141 66.0% 68.9%
On the ground 40 / 59 67.8% 68.0% 52 / 88 59.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 319 / 1139 28.0% 35.6% 289 / 1504 19.2% 35.6%
To the body 45 / 83 54.2% 69.6% 114 / 182 62.6% 69.6%
To the legs 163 / 209 78.0% 82.1% 93 / 156 59.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4048.2% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
9073.8% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.27
1864.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4685.2% def · norm 63.9%
92:1238.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
162:0247.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
24:221:31 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
19:180:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.44/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
241.05/15 · norm 0.45

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

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