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Caio Borralho vs. Yousri Belgaroui

UFC 8-1-0 vs. 3-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-1-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
6'5"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
7.5
Layoff (months)Δ 6.3 mo
1.2
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yousri Belgaroui carries real power — 1.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Yousri Belgaroui outworks the Middleweight division — 8.35 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Caio Borralho owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Caio Borralho

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.59 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Yousri Belgaroui

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4593.30/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2428.35/min · norm 3.23
3662.63/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
561.93/min · norm 3.20
55.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
64.5%norm 47.4%
59.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
69.7%norm 53.8%
30.32/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.55/15 · norm 0.32

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

Caio Borralho

Distance 88.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 10.0%)

Yousri Belgaroui

Distance 91.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Caio Borralho

Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Yousri Belgaroui

Head 67.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Borralho L/AAccMiddleweight med Belgaroui L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 738 51.2% 40.5% 214 / 343 62.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.6% 22 / 25 88.0% 70.6%
On the ground 64 / 74 86.5% 69.4% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 298 / 595 50.1% 38.8% 143 / 254 56.3% 38.8%
To the body 84 / 146 57.5% 71.6% 57 / 75 76.0% 71.6%
To the legs 77 / 92 83.7% 83.3% 42 / 46 91.3% 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 Borralho L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Belgaroui L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 331 / 861 38.4% 39.5% 52 / 178 29.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 24 / 38 63.2% 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 201 / 653 30.8% 37.9% 41 / 160 25.6% 37.9%
To the body 89 / 156 57.1% 71.3% 7 / 14 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 76 / 102 74.5% 82.1% 8 / 11 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1045.5% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 1.35
1473.7% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
956.3% def · norm 63.3%
37:1826.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:395.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
10:231:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
5:252:48 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.43/15 · 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 — Borralho has more cage time on record.