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Ode Osbourne vs. Steve Erceg

UFC 5-9-0 vs. 5-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-9-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 3 yrs
31
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Southpaw2-6 vs orthodox fighters
Stance
Orthodox2-0 vs southpaws
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 3.3 mo
3.4
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ode Osbourne carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Ode Osbourne rarely shoots — 0.74 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Steve Erceg outworks the Flyweight division — 4.56 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.48 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ode Osbourne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Steve Erceg

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3222.65/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
5654.56/min · norm 3.48
3803.13/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5134.14/min · norm 3.24
40.5%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.6%
47.7%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.4%
40.49/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.18

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

Ode Osbourne

Distance 91.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.3% (norm 7.5%)

Steve Erceg

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 7.5%)

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

Ode Osbourne

Head 80.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 11.9% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 7.9% (norm 9.3%)

Steve Erceg

Head 83.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.4% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Osbourne L/AAccFlyweight med Erceg L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 269 / 729 36.9% 39.9% 501 / 1132 44.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.1% 55 / 64 85.9% 70.1%
On the ground 40 / 50 80.0% 71.1% 9 / 10 too few to rate 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 638 32.4% 37.6% 419 / 1007 41.6% 37.6%
To the body 66 / 95 69.5% 68.7% 103 / 150 68.7% 68.7%
To the legs 49 / 63 77.8% 79.7% 43 / 49 87.8% 79.7%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Osbourne L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Erceg L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 225 / 505 44.6% 39.9% 441 / 1059 41.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 42 / 61 68.9% 68.8% 44 / 57 77.2% 68.8%
On the ground 113 / 161 70.2% 70.4% 28 / 38 73.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 226 / 514 44.0% 35.4% 309 / 874 35.4% 35.4%
To the body 87 / 127 68.5% 67.9% 97 / 156 62.2% 67.9%
To the legs 67 / 86 77.9% 79.7% 107 / 124 86.3% 79.7%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
626.1% acc · 0.74/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
927.3% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.30
3159.6% def · norm 61.2%
Takedowns stopped
3167.4% def · norm 61.2%
11:249.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
13:5911.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
44:065:26 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
14:481:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
30.37/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
30.36/15 · norm 0.58

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