Lance Benoist vs. Bobby Voelker

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 10 yrs
47
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
146
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
146
WLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bobby Voelker absorbs 5.73 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Lance Benoist owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 52% of their head shots on Bobby Voelker, vs a 36% Welterweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Lance Benoist

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Bobby Voelker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 05
Tier 3 — regional circuit 349

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 27 finish wins over 48 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 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

2213.68/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1913.79/min · norm 3.17
1622.70/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2895.73/min · norm 3.06
51.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 44.9%
56.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
41.4%norm 55.25%
10.25/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Lance Benoist

Distance 75.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 8.1%)

Bobby Voelker

Distance 79.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Lance Benoist

Head 74.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.4%)

Bobby Voelker

Head 83.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Benoist L/AAccWelterweight med Voelker L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 136 / 325 41.8% 38.6% 120 / 437 27.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 30 / 39 76.9% 67.8% 55 / 85 64.7% 67.8%
On the ground 55 / 68 80.9% 67.2% 16 / 29 55.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 132 / 321 41.1% 37.2% 123 / 458 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 63 / 76 82.9% 70.7% 36 / 51 70.6% 70.7%
To the legs 26 / 35 74.3% 82.9% 32 / 42 76.2% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Benoist L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Voelker L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 103 / 287 35.9% 39.0% 203 / 383 53.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 41 78.0% 68.9% 65 / 84 77.4% 68.9%
On the ground 27 / 46 58.7% 68.0% 21 / 26 80.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 99 / 297 33.3% 35.6% 207 / 396 52.3% 35.6%
To the body 50 / 60 83.3% 69.6% 48 / 62 77.4% 69.6%
To the legs 13 / 17 too few to rate 82.1% 34 / 35 97.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
633.3% acc · 1.50/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
450.0% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.27
861.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1470.0% def · norm 63.9%
19:1132.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:5715.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:543:58 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
13:043:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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