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Ben Rothwell vs.
Chris Barnett

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

9-8-0 Ben Rothwell · UFC
2-4-0 Chris Barnett · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-8-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
44.8
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
40.1
6'4"
HeightΔ 7"
5'9"
78"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56.7
Layoff (months)Δ 47.3 mo
9.4
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Ben Rothwell is a submission threat — 0.53 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Chris Barnett absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Chris Barnett rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
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.

Ben Rothwell

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

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Chris Barnett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 215

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6813.99/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1783.36/min · norm 3.36
8895.21/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3476.55/min · norm 3.19
43.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 47.8%
44.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
36.4%norm 52.5%
40.35/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.28/15 · norm 0.28

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

Ben Rothwell

Distance 86.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 9.3%)

Chris Barnett

Distance 77.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Ben Rothwell

Head 86.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.6%)

Chris Barnett

Head 74.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rothwell L/AAccHeavyweight med Barnett L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 537 / 1358 39.5% 40.1% 126 / 291 43.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 86 / 130 66.2% 70.6% 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 58 / 84 69.0% 70.2% 38 / 60 63.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 496 / 1354 36.6% 38.9% 103 / 280 36.8% 38.9%
To the body 109 / 136 80.1% 76.8% 21 / 29 72.4% 76.8%
To the legs 76 / 82 92.7% 87.8% 54 / 65 83.1% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Rothwell L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Barnett L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 736 / 1373 53.6% 40.7% 199 / 355 56.1% 40.7%
In the clinch 57 / 94 60.6% 70.6% 63 / 71 88.7% 70.6%
On the ground 96 / 141 68.1% 72.0% 85 / 120 70.8% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 557 / 1234 45.1% 38.8% 239 / 428 55.8% 38.8%
To the body 246 / 281 87.5% 75.1% 96 / 104 92.3% 75.1%
To the legs 86 / 93 92.5% 84.4% 12 / 14 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

932.1% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
1659.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
635.3% def · norm 64.3%
32:1718.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
1:383.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
19:491:44 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
22:096:16 per 15 · norm 2:28
60.53/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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