Mike Pierce vs. Seth Baczynski

UFC 9-5-0 vs. 5-6-0
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Tale of the tape

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Mike Pierce

VS

Seth Baczynski

9-5-0
UFC record
5-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 1 yrs
44
5'8"
HeightΔ 7"
6'3"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
127.9
Layoff (months)Δ 8 mo
135.9
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mike Pierce owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Mike Pierce hunts takedowns — 2.77 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Seth Baczynski is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike Pierce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Seth Baczynski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1711

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.19 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4422.64/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3103.08/min · norm 3.17
4102.45/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3163.14/min · norm 3.06
42.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
31.6%norm 44.9%
62.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 55.25%
30.27/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.30/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mike Pierce

Distance 66.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 8.1%)

Seth Baczynski

Distance 82.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mike Pierce

Head 80.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Seth Baczynski

Head 82.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pierce L/AAccWelterweight med Baczynski L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 212 / 695 30.5% 38.6% 209 / 808 25.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 126 / 201 62.7% 67.8% 65 / 108 60.2% 67.8%
On the ground 104 / 147 70.7% 67.2% 36 / 66 54.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 839 33.5% 37.2% 206 / 814 25.3% 37.2%
To the body 83 / 113 73.5% 70.7% 70 / 121 57.9% 70.7%
To the legs 78 / 91 85.7% 82.9% 34 / 47 72.3% 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 Pierce L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Baczynski L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 264 / 859 30.7% 39.0% 209 / 495 42.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 136 / 216 63.0% 68.9% 67 / 94 71.3% 68.9%
On the ground 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.0% 40 / 61 65.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 863 28.6% 35.6% 150 / 455 33.0% 35.6%
To the body 125 / 170 73.5% 69.6% 81 / 93 87.1% 69.6%
To the legs 38 / 53 71.7% 82.1% 85 / 102 83.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3141.3% acc · 2.77/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
616.7% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.27
1869.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1548.4% def · norm 63.9%
78:4247.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
21:1321.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:111:05 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
33:264:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.27/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.75/15 · norm 0.45

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

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