Paul Taylor vs. Sam Stout
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Paul Taylor
Full career not yet synced for Paul Taylor — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500
Sam Stout
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 11 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 33 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Paul Taylor
Distance 79.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 8.1%)
Sam Stout
Distance 93.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Paul Taylor
Head 74.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 8.4%)
Sam Stout
Head 78.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Taylor L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Stout L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 356 / 818 | 43.5% | 38.6% | 856 / 3230 | 26.5% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 102 / 139 | 73.4% | 67.8% | 93 / 132 | 70.5% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 37 / 76 | 48.7% | 67.2% | 46 / 82 | 56.1% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 287 / 768 | 37.4% | 37.2% | 474 / 2695 | 17.6% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 72 / 98 | 73.5% | 70.7% | 287 / 458 | 62.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 136 / 167 | 81.4% | 82.9% | 234 / 291 | 80.4% | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Taylor L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Stout L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 274 / 736 | 37.2% | 39.0% | 859 / 2106 | 40.8% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 80 / 123 | 65.0% | 68.9% | 78 / 112 | 69.6% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 145 / 257 | 56.4% | 68.0% | 36 / 58 | 62.1% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 312 / 882 | 35.4% | 35.6% | 625 / 1812 | 34.5% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 122 / 150 | 81.3% | 69.6% | 181 / 258 | 70.2% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 65 / 84 | 77.4% | 82.1% | 167 / 206 | 81.1% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Stout has more cage time on record.