Joshua Burkman vs. Patrick Cote

UFC 6-12-0 (1 NC) vs. 10-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-12-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-11-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 0 yrs
46
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
101.6
Layoff (months)Δ 10.4 mo
112
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Joshua Burkman hunts takedowns — 2.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Patrick Cote rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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

Patrick Cote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1011
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5432.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6622.79/min · norm 3.25
6323.13/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
7703.25/min · norm 3.20
43.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 47.4%
51.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.4%norm 53.8%
20.15/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · 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%)

Patrick Cote

Distance 73.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (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%)

Patrick Cote

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.7% (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 Cote L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 364 / 977 37.3% 38.6% 405 / 1008 40.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 125 / 193 64.8% 67.8% 135 / 210 64.3% 70.3%
On the ground 54 / 75 72.0% 67.2% 122 / 160 76.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 863 30.0% 37.2% 394 / 972 40.5% 38.9%
To the body 91 / 146 62.3% 70.7% 108 / 189 57.1% 71.7%
To the legs 193 / 236 81.8% 82.9% 160 / 217 73.7% 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 Cote L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 402 / 996 40.4% 39.0% 429 / 991 43.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 160 / 232 69.0% 68.9% 163 / 241 67.6% 70.9%
On the ground 70 / 87 80.5% 68.0% 178 / 260 68.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 396 / 1002 39.5% 35.6% 461 / 1102 41.8% 37.9%
To the body 130 / 184 70.7% 69.6% 167 / 219 76.3% 71.3%
To the legs 106 / 129 82.2% 82.1% 142 / 171 83.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3437.0% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1019.6% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.42
3772.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2444.4% def · norm 63.1%
51:0125.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
40:5617.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
34:232:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
76:434:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.30/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.25/15 · norm 0.47

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