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Brendan Allen vs. Chris Curtis

UFC 16-4-0 vs. 6-5-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-4-0
UFC record
6-5-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
30
AgeΔ 9 yrs
39
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
7.2
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brendan Allen is a submission threat — 1.04 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Chris Curtis rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Chris Curtis absorbs 5.79 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brendan Allen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 wins over .500

Chris Curtis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 3 — regional circuit 245

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8853.60/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
8485.39/min · norm 3.23
9413.83/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9105.79/min · norm 3.20
52.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.3%norm 47.4%
47.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.8%norm 53.8%
30.18/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.29/15 · norm 0.32

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

Brendan Allen

Distance 82.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 10.0%)

Chris Curtis

Distance 95.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 10.0%)

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

Brendan Allen

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Curtis

Head 78.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Allen L/AAccMiddleweight med Curtis L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 682 / 1411 48.3% 40.5% 780 / 1635 47.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 68 / 102 66.7% 70.6% 55 / 68 80.9% 70.6%
On the ground 135 / 189 71.4% 69.4% 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 583 / 1345 43.3% 38.8% 578 / 1357 42.6% 38.8%
To the body 184 / 231 79.7% 71.6% 225 / 312 72.1% 71.6%
To the legs 118 / 126 93.7% 83.3% 45 / 51 88.2% 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Allen L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Curtis L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 805 / 1614 49.9% 39.5% 845 / 1865 45.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 58 / 81 71.6% 70.4% 45 / 76 59.2% 70.4%
On the ground 78 / 106 73.6% 69.0% 20 / 29 69.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 746 / 1547 48.2% 37.9% 570 / 1548 36.8% 37.9%
To the body 132 / 175 75.4% 71.3% 173 / 238 72.7% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 79 79.7% 82.1% 167 / 184 90.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2641.3% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
2455.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
5364.6% def · norm 63.3%
74:5130.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
3:062.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
54:463:20 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
26:362:32 per 15 · norm 3:00
171.04/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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