Justin Scoggins vs. Richie Vaculik

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 9 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
66"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
96.8
Layoff (months)Δ 32 mo
128.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Justin Scoggins hunts takedowns — 3.42 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Richie Vaculik hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Justin Scoggins owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Justin Scoggins

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Richie Vaculik

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.56 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3593.56/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1663.69/min · norm 3.49
2182.16/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1844.09/min · norm 3.24
51.7%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.6%
55.7%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
57.4%norm 56.4%
10.15/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Justin Scoggins

Distance 75.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 17.4% (norm 7.3%)

Richie Vaculik

Distance 88.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Justin Scoggins

Head 74.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.3%)

Richie Vaculik

Head 78.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 9.0% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Scoggins L/AAccFlyweight med Vaculik L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 222 / 527 42.1% 40.0% 132 / 313 42.2% 40.0%
In the clinch 38 / 46 82.6% 70.4% 23 / 30 76.7% 70.4%
On the ground 99 / 121 81.8% 69.7% 11 / 12 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 236 / 516 45.7% 37.6% 107 / 280 38.2% 37.6%
To the body 74 / 120 61.7% 68.5% 31 / 43 72.1% 68.5%
To the legs 49 / 58 84.5% 80.0% 28 / 32 87.5% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Scoggins L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Vaculik L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 144 / 390 36.9% 40.1% 144 / 378 38.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 42 / 57 73.7% 68.8% 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 32 / 45 71.1% 71.1% 30 / 39 76.9% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 119 / 338 35.2% 35.2% 118 / 350 33.7% 35.2%
To the body 58 / 89 65.2% 68.2% 38 / 51 74.5% 68.2%
To the legs 41 / 65 63.1% 80.3% 28 / 31 90.3% 80.3%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2363.9% acc · 3.42/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
945.0% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.30
3382.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
631.6% def · norm 62.5%
36:3436.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
8:5819.9% of cage time · norm 17.0%
13:081:57 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
13:514:36 per 15 · norm 2:44
30.45/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
31.00/15 · norm 0.58

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