Mike Swick vs. Steve Vigneault
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Mike Swick
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 5 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Steve Vigneault
Full career not yet synced for Steve Vigneault — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mike Swick
Distance 70.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 20.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.1%)
Steve Vigneault
Distance 53.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 46.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mike Swick
Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)
Steve Vigneault
Head 53.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 30.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Swick L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Vigneault L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 144 / 567 | 25.4% | 38.6% | 1 / 7 | too few to rate | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 109 / 166 | 65.7% | 67.8% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 34 / 69 | 49.3% | 67.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 144 / 608 | 23.7% | 37.2% | 1 / 7 | too few to rate | 38.9% |
| To the body | 67 / 95 | 70.5% | 70.7% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 76 / 99 | 76.8% | 82.9% | 4 / 4 | 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 Swick L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Vigneault L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 116 / 426 | 27.2% | 39.0% | 4 / 12 | too few to rate | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 134 / 166 | 80.7% | 68.9% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 41 / 58 | 70.7% | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 151 / 466 | 32.4% | 35.6% | 4 / 12 | too few to rate | 37.9% |
| To the body | 64 / 92 | 69.6% | 69.6% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 76 / 92 | 82.6% | 82.1% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Swick has more cage time on record.