Pawel Pawlak vs. Peter Sobotta

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 4-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
4-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
132.7
Layoff (months)Δ 60.3 mo
72.4
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Peter Sobotta owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Pawel Pawlak is wasteful with head shots — only 22% land, vs a 37% Welterweight norm.
Peter Sobotta carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Pawel Pawlak

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 252

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500

Peter Sobotta

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

751.67/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2512.14/min · norm 3.17
1002.22/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3412.90/min · norm 3.06
33.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
40.2%norm 44.9%
53.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.51/15 · norm 0.38

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

Pawel Pawlak

Distance 83.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 12.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)

Peter Sobotta

Distance 86.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Pawel Pawlak

Head 75.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Peter Sobotta

Head 79.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pawlak L/AAccWelterweight med Sobotta L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 49 / 185 26.5% 38.6% 202 / 538 37.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 20 / 28 71.4% 67.8% 14 / 29 48.3% 67.8%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 67.2% 35 / 58 60.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 167 21.6% 37.2% 149 / 494 30.2% 37.2%
To the body 28 / 42 66.7% 70.7% 45 / 69 65.2% 70.7%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 82.9% 57 / 62 91.9% 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 Pawlak L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Sobotta L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 64 / 161 39.8% 39.0% 244 / 687 35.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 18 / 36 50.0% 68.9% 39 / 55 70.9% 68.9%
On the ground 18 / 20 too few to rate 68.0% 58 / 87 66.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 153 34.0% 35.6% 161 / 563 28.6% 35.6%
To the body 31 / 46 67.4% 69.6% 62 / 117 53.0% 69.6%
To the legs 17 / 18 too few to rate 82.1% 118 / 149 79.2% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
337.5% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1232.4% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.27
1470.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
3:287.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
36:2731.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
25:028:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
18:222:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.51/15 · norm 0.45

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