Patrick Cote vs. Tito Ortiz

UFC 10-11-0 vs. 15-11-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-11-0
UFC record
15-11-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
46
AgeΔ 5 yrs
51
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
112
Layoff (months)Δ 57.1 mo
169.1
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tito Ortiz hunts takedowns — 2.96 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tito Ortiz owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Patrick Cote rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Patrick Cote

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1011
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Tito Ortiz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6622.79/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
7072.41/min · norm 3.41
7703.25/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6982.38/min · norm 3.35
48.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.0%norm 48.3%
48.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 52.9%
60.38/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.10/15 · norm 0.40

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

Patrick Cote

Distance 73.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.6% (norm 10.3%)

Tito Ortiz

Distance 51.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 34.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Patrick Cote

Head 70.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 8.4%)

Tito Ortiz

Head 85.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cote L/AAccMiddleweight med Ortiz L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 405 / 1008 40.2% 40.5% 235 / 767 30.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 135 / 210 64.3% 70.3% 153 / 213 71.8% 70.9%
On the ground 122 / 160 76.2% 69.1% 319 / 525 60.8% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 394 / 972 40.5% 38.9% 526 / 1282 41.0% 38.9%
To the body 108 / 189 57.1% 71.7% 90 / 111 81.1% 71.9%
To the legs 160 / 217 73.7% 83.3% 91 / 112 81.2% 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Cote L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ortiz L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 429 / 991 43.3% 39.5% 411 / 1245 33.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 163 / 241 67.6% 70.9% 103 / 164 62.8% 68.7%
On the ground 178 / 260 68.5% 69.0% 184 / 323 57.0% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 461 / 1102 41.8% 37.9% 479 / 1431 33.5% 37.5%
To the body 167 / 219 76.3% 71.3% 114 / 154 74.0% 72.3%
To the legs 142 / 171 83.0% 82.1% 105 / 147 71.4% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1019.6% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
5844.6% acc · 2.96/15 · norm 0.87
2444.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2156.8% def · norm 66.7%
40:5617.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
119:2943.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
76:434:51 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
45:352:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
40.25/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
80.41/15 · norm 0.27

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