Carlos Barreto vs.
Dave Beneteau
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.
Carlos Barreto
Full career not yet synced for Carlos Barreto — 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 -1.0 wins over .500
Dave Beneteau
Full career not yet synced for Dave Beneteau — 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
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)
Carlos Barreto
Distance 59.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 31.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 9.3%)
Dave Beneteau
Distance 10.7% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 27.4% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 61.9% (norm 28.7%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Carlos Barreto
Head 71.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 7.6%)
Dave Beneteau
Head 92.9% (norm 81.2%) · Body 3.6% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 5.2%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Barreto L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Beneteau L/A | Acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 2 / 19 | too few to rate | 40.1% | 1 / 9 | too few to rate | 27.8% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 12 / 23 | too few to rate | 63.8% |
| On the ground | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 29 / 52 | 55.8% | 65.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 6 / 23 | too few to rate | 38.9% | 38 / 78 | 48.7% | 39.3% |
| To the body | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 76.8% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 90.5% |
| To the legs | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 53.5% |
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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Barreto L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Beneteau L/A | Opp acc | Open Weight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1 / 6 | too few to rate | 40.7% | 2 / 20 | too few to rate | 37.0% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 66.7% |
| On the ground | 7 / 16 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 10 / 23 | too few to rate | 38.8% | 7 / 27 | 25.9% | 47.0% |
| To the body | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 75.1% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 87.9% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 84.4% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 61.2% |
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 — Beneteau has more cage time on record.