Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch

UFC 7-6-0 vs. 12-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-6-0
UFC record
12-12-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
45
6'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
79"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
182.4
Layoff (months)Δ 93.4 mo
89
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kendall Grove is a submission threat — 2.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Tim Boetsch is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Kendall Grove rarely shoots — 0.61 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kendall Grove

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1011
Tier 3 — regional circuit 148

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.39 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Tim Boetsch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1212
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2632.14/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6352.93/min · norm 3.25
2682.18/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6292.90/min · norm 3.20
44.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.7%norm 47.4%
47.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.1%norm 53.8%
20.24/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.48/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kendall Grove

Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 28.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 10.3%)

Tim Boetsch

Distance 73.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Kendall Grove

Head 79.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Tim Boetsch

Head 71.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Grove L/AAccMiddleweight med Boetsch L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 344 24.7% 40.5% 397 / 920 43.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 129 / 167 77.2% 70.3% 161 / 234 68.8% 70.3%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 69.1% 77 / 99 77.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 163 / 464 35.1% 38.9% 364 / 891 40.9% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 82 87.8% 71.7% 161 / 233 69.1% 71.7%
To the legs 28 / 40 70.0% 83.3% 110 / 129 85.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Grove L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Boetsch L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 82 / 221 37.1% 39.5% 331 / 1011 32.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 46 / 64 71.9% 70.9% 148 / 236 62.7% 70.9%
On the ground 140 / 227 61.7% 69.0% 150 / 220 68.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 160 / 386 41.5% 37.9% 373 / 1137 32.8% 37.9%
To the body 72 / 84 85.7% 71.3% 159 / 208 76.4% 71.3%
To the legs 36 / 42 85.7% 82.1% 97 / 122 79.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
562.5% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2134.4% acc · 1.45/15 · norm 1.42
5159.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3259.3% def · norm 63.1%
18:2214.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
31:3414.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
67:198:12 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
61:284:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
172.07/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
110.76/15 · norm 0.47

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