Tim Credeur vs. Ed Herman

UFC 3-2-0 vs. 13-12-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-2-0
UFC record
13-12-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
49
AgeΔ 4 yrs
45
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
182.1
Layoff (months)Δ 142.3 mo
39.8
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tim Credeur is a submission threat — 3.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Tim Credeur carries real power — 0.82 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ed Herman is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tim Credeur

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Ed Herman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1311
Tier 3 — regional circuit 135

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1313.59/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
8513.31/min · norm 3.25
1143.13/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
9513.70/min · norm 3.20
30.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.8%norm 47.4%
57.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
42.4%norm 53.8%
20.82/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.23/15 · norm 0.32

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

Tim Credeur

Distance 93.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 10.3%)

Ed Herman

Distance 65.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Tim Credeur

Head 91.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.4%)

Ed Herman

Head 78.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Credeur L/AAccMiddleweight med Herman L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 117 / 398 29.4% 40.5% 423 / 1134 37.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 237 / 336 70.5% 70.3%
On the ground 6 / 12 too few to rate 69.1% 191 / 274 69.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 104 / 389 26.7% 38.9% 536 / 1363 39.3% 38.9%
To the body 19 / 27 70.4% 71.7% 214 / 262 81.7% 71.7%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 83.3% 101 / 119 84.9% 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 Credeur L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Herman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 188 43.1% 39.5% 612 / 1191 51.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.9% 189 / 239 79.1% 70.9%
On the ground 30 / 76 39.5% 69.0% 150 / 222 67.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 200 35.0% 37.9% 631 / 1266 49.8% 37.9%
To the body 24 / 44 54.5% 71.3% 172 / 222 77.5% 71.3%
To the legs 20 / 27 74.1% 82.1% 148 / 164 90.2% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.41/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
3447.9% acc · 1.99/15 · norm 1.42
350.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3861.3% def · norm 63.1%
4:3812.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
70:1827.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:365:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
75:064:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
83.29/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
170.99/15 · norm 0.47

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