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Abu Azaitar vs.
Sedriques Dumas

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-2-0 Abu Azaitar · UFC
3-5-0 (1 NC) Sedriques Dumas · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-2-0
UFC record
3-5-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40.4
AgeΔ 9.4 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 5"
6'2"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
33.5
Layoff (months)Δ 30.1 mo
3.4
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Sedriques Dumas owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Sedriques Dumas's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Abu Azaitar absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Abu Azaitar

Full career not yet synced for Abu Azaitar — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Sedriques Dumas

Full career not yet synced for Sedriques Dumas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1974.38/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1351.97/min · norm 3.25
1944.32/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1822.65/min · norm 3.20
43.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Abu Azaitar

Distance 83.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.3%)

Sedriques Dumas

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Abu Azaitar

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Sedriques Dumas

Head 66.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Azaitar L/AAccMiddleweight med Dumas L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 380 37.6% 40.5% 104 / 269 38.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 34 / 47 72.3% 70.3% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 20 / 26 76.9% 69.1% 24 / 28 85.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 99 / 325 30.5% 38.9% 62 / 203 30.5% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 98 73.5% 71.7% 26 / 44 59.1% 71.7%
To the legs 26 / 30 86.7% 83.3% 47 / 58 81.0% 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 Azaitar L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Dumas L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 126 / 302 41.7% 39.5% 116 / 295 39.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 18 / 25 72.0% 70.9% 20 / 26 76.9% 70.9%
On the ground 50 / 72 69.4% 69.0% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 334 44.0% 37.9% 117 / 302 38.7% 37.9%
To the body 17 / 28 60.7% 71.3% 46 / 64 71.9% 71.3%
To the legs 30 / 37 81.1% 82.1% 19 / 24 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

337.5% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.42
342.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
633.3% def · norm 63.1%
5:5113.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
23:3034.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
15:065:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:483:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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