Kyle Stewart vs. Erik Koch
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kyle Stewart
Full career not yet synced for Kyle Stewart — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500
Erik Koch
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kyle Stewart
Distance 90.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
Erik Koch
Distance 79.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kyle Stewart
Head 72.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)
Erik Koch
Head 85.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Stewart L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Koch L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 21 / 68 | 30.9% | 38.6% | 143 / 464 | 30.8% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 45 / 59 | 76.3% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 47 / 59 | 79.7% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 13 / 54 | 24.1% | 37.2% | 167 / 498 | 33.5% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 5 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 40 / 48 | 83.3% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 28 / 36 | 77.8% | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Stewart L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Koch L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 20 / 44 | 45.5% | 39.0% | 140 / 393 | 35.6% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 84 / 108 | 77.8% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 18 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 106 / 148 | 71.6% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 35 / 61 | 57.4% | 35.6% | 189 / 449 | 42.1% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 88 / 127 | 69.3% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 53 / 73 | 72.6% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Koch has more cage time on record.