Joshua Burkman vs. Hector Lombard

UFC 6-12-0 (1 NC) vs. 3-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-12-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-8-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 2 yrs
48
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
101.6
Layoff (months)Δ 7.1 mo
94.5
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hector Lombard carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Joshua Burkman hunts takedowns — 2.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Joshua Burkman owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Joshua Burkman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 612
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 225

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 47 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Hector Lombard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 3 — regional circuit 233

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5432.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4353.34/min · norm 3.25
6323.13/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4613.54/min · norm 3.20
43.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.4%
51.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.0%norm 53.8%
20.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
70.81/15 · norm 0.32

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

Joshua Burkman

Distance 78.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 8.1%)

Hector Lombard

Distance 78.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Joshua Burkman

Head 69.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 19.0% (norm 8.4%)

Hector Lombard

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Burkman L/AAccWelterweight med Lombard L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 364 / 977 37.3% 38.6% 303 / 698 43.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 125 / 193 64.8% 67.8% 61 / 98 62.2% 70.3%
On the ground 54 / 75 72.0% 67.2% 71 / 93 76.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 863 30.0% 37.2% 289 / 693 41.7% 38.9%
To the body 91 / 146 62.3% 70.7% 52 / 75 69.3% 71.7%
To the legs 193 / 236 81.8% 82.9% 94 / 121 77.7% 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 Burkman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lombard L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 402 / 996 40.4% 39.0% 282 / 808 34.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 160 / 232 69.0% 68.9% 71 / 92 77.2% 70.9%
On the ground 70 / 87 80.5% 68.0% 108 / 125 86.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 396 / 1002 39.5% 35.6% 291 / 786 37.0% 37.9%
To the body 130 / 184 70.7% 69.6% 94 / 135 69.6% 71.3%
To the legs 106 / 129 82.2% 82.1% 76 / 104 73.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3437.0% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1548.4% acc · 1.73/15 · norm 1.42
3772.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2379.3% def · norm 63.1%
51:0125.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
28:1921.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
34:232:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:120:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.30/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.23/15 · norm 0.47

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