Beneil Dariush vs.
Mateusz Gamrot
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 17 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
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
Mateusz Gamrot
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 16 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 8-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.6 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Mateusz Gamrot
Distance 82.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 13.4% (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%)
Mateusz Gamrot
Head 85.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (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/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Gamrot L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 561 / 1290 | 43.5% | 37.9% | 375 / 800 | 46.9% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 128 / 193 | 66.3% | 67.3% | 32 / 37 | 86.5% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 147 / 218 | 67.4% | 69.1% | 91 / 129 | 70.5% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 505 / 1271 | 39.7% | 35.0% | 382 / 822 | 46.5% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 191 / 271 | 70.5% | 69.1% | 68 / 93 | 73.1% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 140 / 159 | 88.1% | 81.9% | 48 / 51 | 94.1% | 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/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Gamrot L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 437 / 1177 | 37.1% | 38.9% | 378 / 1020 | 37.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 126 | 73.8% | 68.6% | 23 / 32 | 71.9% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 59 / 74 | 79.7% | 68.0% | 34 / 38 | 89.5% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 378 / 1073 | 35.2% | 35.1% | 221 / 776 | 28.5% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 155 / 240 | 64.6% | 68.1% | 151 / 232 | 65.1% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 56 / 64 | 87.5% | 81.5% | 63 / 82 | 76.8% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Dariush has more cage time on record.