Joshua Burkman vs. Mike Swick

UFC 6-12-0 (1 NC) vs. 10-5-0
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Joshua Burkman

VS

Mike Swick

6-12-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 1 yrs
47
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
101.6
Layoff (months)Δ 31.3 mo
132.9
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The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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.
Mike Swick is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 37% 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

Mike Swick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5432.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2872.29/min · norm 3.17
6323.13/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2912.32/min · norm 3.06
43.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
35.8%norm 44.9%
51.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 55.25%
20.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.48/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Mike Swick

Distance 70.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Mike Swick

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (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 Swick L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 364 / 977 37.3% 38.6% 144 / 567 25.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 125 / 193 64.8% 67.8% 109 / 166 65.7% 67.8%
On the ground 54 / 75 72.0% 67.2% 34 / 69 49.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 863 30.0% 37.2% 144 / 608 23.7% 37.2%
To the body 91 / 146 62.3% 70.7% 67 / 95 70.5% 70.7%
To the legs 193 / 236 81.8% 82.9% 76 / 99 76.8% 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 Burkman L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Swick L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 402 / 996 40.4% 39.0% 116 / 426 27.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 160 / 232 69.0% 68.9% 134 / 166 80.7% 68.9%
On the ground 70 / 87 80.5% 68.0% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 396 / 1002 39.5% 35.6% 151 / 466 32.4% 35.6%
To the body 130 / 184 70.7% 69.6% 64 / 92 69.6% 69.6%
To the legs 106 / 129 82.2% 82.1% 76 / 92 82.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3437.0% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
847.1% acc · 0.96/15 · norm 1.27
3772.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2457.1% def · norm 63.9%
51:0125.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
27:3722.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
34:232:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
35:514:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.30/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.60/15 · norm 0.45

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

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