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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.

0-1-0 Carlos Barreto · UFC
3-3-0 Dave Beneteau · 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
3-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
Age
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
345.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
345.6
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.

Dave Beneteau hunts takedowns — 5.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight norm.
Carlos Barreto hunts takedowns — 3.75 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Carlos Barreto's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight 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.

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

111.38/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
422.66/min · norm 1.46
131.63/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
130.82/min · norm 1.68
34.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 45.8%
53.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
65.8%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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/AAccHeavyweight med Beneteau L/AAccOpen 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/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Beneteau L/AOpp accOpen 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%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

250.0% acc · 3.75/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
6100.0% acc · 5.71/15 · norm 1.15
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 66.7%
— of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
— per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 1.34

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

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