Kyle Noke vs. Rob Kimmons

UFC 6-6-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-6-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 1 yrs
45
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
116.4
Layoff (months)Δ 68.8 mo
185.2
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rob Kimmons is a submission threat — 2.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Rob Kimmons's takedown defense leaks — 25% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Kyle Noke defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 54%, vs a 82% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kyle Noke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Rob Kimmons

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 225

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3573.30/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
941.86/min · norm 3.25
2322.14/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2424.79/min · norm 3.20
51.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.7%norm 47.4%
62.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
38.4%norm 53.8%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kyle Noke

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.1%)

Rob Kimmons

Distance 44.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 38.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 17.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Kyle Noke

Head 62.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 21.5% (norm 8.4%)

Rob Kimmons

Head 77.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Noke L/AAccWelterweight med Kimmons L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 533 46.9% 38.6% 26 / 86 30.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 22 / 39 56.4% 67.8% 45 / 74 60.8% 70.3%
On the ground 85 / 127 66.9% 67.2% 23 / 33 69.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 439 38.7% 37.2% 61 / 150 40.7% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 110 65.5% 70.7% 27 / 37 73.0% 71.7%
To the legs 115 / 150 76.7% 82.9% 6 / 6 too few to rate 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 Noke L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Kimmons L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 489 30.5% 39.0% 49 / 126 38.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 41 48.8% 68.9% 93 / 125 74.4% 70.9%
On the ground 63 / 85 74.1% 68.0% 100 / 142 70.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 526 34.8% 35.6% 133 / 270 49.3% 37.9%
To the body 28 / 50 56.0% 69.6% 94 / 107 87.9% 71.3%
To the legs 21 / 39 53.8% 82.1% 15 / 16 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1155.0% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
746.7% acc · 2.08/15 · norm 1.42
2066.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
225.0% def · norm 63.1%
17:1615.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:2126.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
24:403:24 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
28:538:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.55/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
82.37/15 · norm 0.47

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