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Andre Petroski vs. Jacob Malkoun

UFC 8-5-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Switch5-5 vs orthodox fighters
Stance
Orthodox1-0 vs switch-stance fighters
5.7
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
0.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jacob Malkoun hunts takedowns — 4.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Andre Petroski is a submission threat — 1.23 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Andre Petroski hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Andre Petroski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Jacob Malkoun

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3702.75/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
5304.60/min · norm 3.23
4022.99/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3042.64/min · norm 3.20
49.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
55.9%norm 47.4%
51.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
54.1%norm 53.8%
10.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.32

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

Andre Petroski

Distance 83.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.0%)

Jacob Malkoun

Distance 79.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 10.0%)

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

Andre Petroski

Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 8.4%)

Jacob Malkoun

Head 93.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Petroski L/AAccMiddleweight med Malkoun L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 278 / 628 44.3% 40.5% 395 / 753 52.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.7% 19 / 34 55.9% 70.7%
On the ground 83 / 113 73.5% 69.4% 116 / 161 72.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 579 40.9% 38.8% 485 / 889 54.6% 38.8%
To the body 74 / 96 77.1% 71.6% 41 / 55 74.5% 71.6%
To the legs 59 / 77 76.6% 83.3% 4 / 4 too few to rate 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Petroski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Malkoun L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 319 / 700 45.6% 39.5% 260 / 596 43.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 21 / 26 80.8% 70.4% 16 / 30 53.3% 70.4%
On the ground 62 / 103 60.2% 69.0% 28 / 36 77.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 658 42.7% 37.7% 234 / 570 41.1% 37.7%
To the body 64 / 96 66.7% 71.3% 36 / 49 73.5% 71.3%
To the legs 57 / 75 76.0% 82.0% 34 / 43 79.1% 82.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2852.8% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
3640.9% acc · 4.69/15 · norm 1.35
1986.4% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1152.4% def · norm 63.3%
52:3239.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
47:4041.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
7:540:52 per 15 · norm 2:58
Time under control lower is better
11:271:29 per 15 · norm 2:58
111.23/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.65/15 · norm 0.45

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