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Beneil Dariush vs.
Frank Camacho

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

17-8-1 Beneil Dariush · UFC
2-6-0 Frank Camacho · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

17-8-1
UFC record
2-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37.3
AgeΔ 0.1 yrs
37.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 47.6 mo
50.8
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Frank Camacho absorbs 7.44 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Beneil Dariush owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Frank Camacho outworks the Lightweight division — 6.56 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 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.

Beneil Dariush

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500

Frank Camacho

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8363.74/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4436.56/min · norm 3.42
5892.63/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
5027.44/min · norm 3.37
49.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.4%norm 43.5%
57.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.8%norm 56.3%
70.47/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Beneil Dariush

Distance 75.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.8% (norm 8.0%)

Frank Camacho

Distance 93.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Beneil Dariush

Head 74.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 7.9%)

Frank Camacho

Head 86.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Dariush L/AAccLightweight med Camacho L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 561 / 1290 43.5% 37.9% 397 / 891 44.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 128 / 193 66.3% 67.3% 44 / 57 77.2% 67.3%
On the ground 147 / 218 67.4% 69.1% 2 / 7 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 505 / 1271 39.7% 35.0% 344 / 821 41.9% 35.0%
To the body 191 / 271 70.5% 69.1% 90 / 123 73.2% 69.1%
To the legs 140 / 159 88.1% 81.9% 9 / 11 too few to rate 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Dariush L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Camacho L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 437 / 1177 37.1% 38.9% 449 / 967 46.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 93 / 126 73.8% 68.6% 38 / 51 74.5% 68.6%
On the ground 59 / 74 79.7% 68.0% 15 / 24 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 378 / 1073 35.2% 35.1% 347 / 842 41.2% 35.1%
To the body 155 / 240 64.6% 68.1% 90 / 126 71.4% 68.1%
To the legs 56 / 64 87.5% 81.5% 65 / 74 87.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3338.4% acc · 2.21/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
531.3% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.38
4382.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1973.1% def · norm 64.0%
90:5940.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:269.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
19:481:19 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
5:231:11 per 15 · norm 2:46
120.81/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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