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Cale Yarbrough vs.
Tim Credeur

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

0-1-0 Cale Yarbrough · UFC
3-2-0 Tim Credeur · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.6
AgeΔ 9.5 yrs
49.1
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
216.6
Layoff (months)Δ 34.5 mo
182.1
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Tim Credeur is a submission threat — 3.29 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Cale Yarbrough absorbs 10.00 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Tim Credeur carries real power — 0.82 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight 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.

Cale Yarbrough

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Tim Credeur

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

63.16/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1313.59/min · norm 3.25
1910.00/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1143.13/min · norm 3.20
27.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
30.9%norm 47.4%
72.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.82/15 · norm 0.32

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

Cale Yarbrough

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Tim Credeur

Distance 93.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Cale Yarbrough

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Tim Credeur

Head 91.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yarbrough L/AAccMiddleweight med Credeur L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 22 too few to rate 40.5% 117 / 398 29.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 6 / 12 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 17 too few to rate 38.9% 104 / 389 26.7% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.7% 19 / 27 70.4% 71.7%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 83.3% 8 / 8 too few to rate 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Yarbrough L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Credeur L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 66 25.8% 39.5% 81 / 188 43.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 3 / 7 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.0% 30 / 76 39.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 66 28.8% 37.9% 70 / 200 35.0% 37.9%
To the body 0 / 2 too few to rate 71.3% 24 / 44 54.5% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 20 / 27 74.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.41/15 · norm 1.42
0— def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 63.1%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
4:3812.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:020:15 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
13:365:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
83.29/15 · norm 0.47

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

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