Nick Osipczak vs. Rick Story

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 12-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
12-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
41
AgeΔ 0 yrs
41
6'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
76"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
188.8
Layoff (months)Δ 69.2 mo
119.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nick Osipczak is a submission threat — 0.96 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Rick Story hunts takedowns — 2.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Rick Story is a submission threat — 0.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nick Osipczak

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Rick Story

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 148
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1772.83/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
9013.80/min · norm 3.17
2363.77/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5152.17/min · norm 3.06
50.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 44.9%
50.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 55.25%
20.48/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · norm 0.38

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

Nick Osipczak

Distance 55.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 23.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.3% (norm 8.1%)

Rick Story

Distance 74.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Nick Osipczak

Head 69.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 8.4%)

Rick Story

Head 73.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Osipczak L/AAccWelterweight med Story L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 80 / 195 41.0% 38.6% 548 / 1606 34.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 55 / 83 66.3% 67.8% 201 / 312 64.4% 67.8%
On the ground 42 / 71 59.2% 67.2% 152 / 240 63.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 241 40.7% 37.2% 465 / 1586 29.3% 37.2%
To the body 40 / 56 71.4% 70.7% 312 / 432 72.2% 70.7%
To the legs 39 / 52 75.0% 82.9% 124 / 140 88.6% 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 Osipczak L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Story L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 100 / 277 36.1% 39.0% 395 / 1173 33.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 60 / 93 64.5% 68.9% 94 / 165 57.0% 68.9%
On the ground 76 / 109 69.7% 68.0% 26 / 36 72.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 326 38.7% 35.6% 336 / 1118 30.1% 35.6%
To the body 80 / 111 72.1% 69.6% 108 / 168 64.3% 69.6%
To the legs 30 / 42 71.4% 82.1% 71 / 88 80.7% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 1.20/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4048.2% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.27
2571.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4863.2% def · norm 63.9%
13:4622.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
74:5431.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
27:476:39 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
39:212:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.96/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
140.89/15 · norm 0.45

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