Peter Sobotta vs. Paul Taylor

UFC 4-6-0 vs. 4-5-0
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Tale of the tape

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Peter Sobotta

VS

Paul Taylor

4-6-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 7 yrs
46
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
72.4
Layoff (months)Δ 113.6 mo
186
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Paul Taylor rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Peter Sobotta owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Paul Taylor absorbs 4.47 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2512.14/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4954.44/min · norm 3.17
3412.90/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4994.47/min · norm 3.06
40.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 44.9%
58.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.3%norm 55.25%
40.51/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.54/15 · norm 0.38

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

Peter Sobotta

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

Paul Taylor

Distance 79.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Peter Sobotta

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

Paul Taylor

Head 74.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sobotta L/AAccWelterweight med Taylor L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 202 / 538 37.5% 38.6% 356 / 818 43.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 14 / 29 48.3% 67.8% 102 / 139 73.4% 67.8%
On the ground 35 / 58 60.3% 67.2% 37 / 76 48.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 149 / 494 30.2% 37.2% 287 / 768 37.4% 37.2%
To the body 45 / 69 65.2% 70.7% 72 / 98 73.5% 70.7%
To the legs 57 / 62 91.9% 82.9% 136 / 167 81.4% 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 Sobotta L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Taylor L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 244 / 687 35.5% 39.0% 274 / 736 37.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 39 / 55 70.9% 68.9% 80 / 123 65.0% 68.9%
On the ground 58 / 87 66.7% 68.0% 145 / 257 56.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 563 28.6% 35.6% 312 / 882 35.4% 35.6%
To the body 62 / 117 53.0% 69.6% 122 / 150 81.3% 69.6%
To the legs 118 / 149 79.2% 82.1% 65 / 84 77.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1232.4% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
225.0% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.27
777.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2756.3% def · norm 63.9%
36:2731.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
14:4113.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:222:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
49:006:35 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.51/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.54/15 · 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.

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