Rousimar Palhares vs. Jeremy Horn

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 6-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
6-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 4 yrs
50
5'8"
HeightΔ 5"
6'1"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
153.9
Layoff (months)Δ 56.7 mo
210.6
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rousimar Palhares is a submission threat — 3.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jeremy Horn is a submission threat — 1.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Rousimar Palhares's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rousimar Palhares

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 119

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Jeremy Horn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 3 — regional circuit 8614

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 80 finish wins over 120 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1311.71/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1551.54/min · norm 3.25
1652.16/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2001.99/min · norm 3.20
51.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 47.4%
58.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
58.1%norm 53.8%
10.20/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Rousimar Palhares

Distance 70.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 23.4% (norm 10.3%)

Jeremy Horn

Distance 66.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Rousimar Palhares

Head 82.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 8.4%)

Jeremy Horn

Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Palhares L/AAccMiddleweight med Horn L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 88 / 181 48.6% 40.5% 80 / 237 33.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 30 / 56 53.6% 70.3%
On the ground 34 / 60 56.7% 69.1% 45 / 65 69.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 210 44.3% 38.9% 95 / 282 33.7% 38.9%
To the body 13 / 17 too few to rate 71.7% 31 / 37 83.8% 71.7%
To the legs 25 / 29 86.2% 83.3% 29 / 39 74.4% 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Palhares L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Horn L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 272 35.7% 39.5% 90 / 299 30.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 6 / 15 too few to rate 70.9% 46 / 60 76.7% 70.9%
On the ground 62 / 110 56.4% 69.0% 64 / 118 54.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 374 40.1% 37.9% 140 / 402 34.8% 37.9%
To the body 9 / 14 too few to rate 71.3% 31 / 43 72.1% 71.3%
To the legs 6 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 29 / 32 90.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1438.9% acc · 2.75/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1132.4% acc · 1.64/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1031.3% def · norm 63.1%
25:2433.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
14:3318.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:352:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
33:134:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
163.14/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
121.79/15 · norm 0.47

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