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Chance Rencountre vs.
Belal Muhammad

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

2-2-0 Chance Rencountre · UFC
15-6-0 (1 NC) Belal Muhammad · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
15-6-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
81.1
Layoff (months)Δ 79.1 mo
2
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Chance Rencountre's takedown defense leaks — 17% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Chance Rencountre is wasteful with head shots — only 11% land, vs a 37% Welterweight norm.
Belal Muhammad hunts takedowns — 1.98 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Chance Rencountre

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Belal Muhammad

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 176
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

491.10/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
15154.36/min · norm 3.17
1613.62/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
13623.92/min · norm 3.06
20.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 44.9%
49.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Chance Rencountre

Distance 95.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 8.1%)

Belal Muhammad

Distance 91.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Chance Rencountre

Head 75.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)

Belal Muhammad

Head 86.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rencountre L/AAccWelterweight med Muhammad L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 228 18.9% 38.6% 1324 / 3270 40.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 67.8% 72 / 124 58.1% 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 7 too few to rate 67.2% 119 / 178 66.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 181 11.0% 37.2% 1166 / 3095 37.7% 37.2%
To the body 19 / 46 41.3% 70.7% 219 / 324 67.6% 70.7%
To the legs 10 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 130 / 153 85.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Rencountre L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Muhammad L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 139 / 291 47.8% 39.0% 1257 / 2896 43.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 68.9% 68 / 86 79.1% 68.9%
On the ground 7 / 7 too few to rate 68.0% 37 / 57 64.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 110 / 253 43.5% 35.6% 780 / 2308 33.8% 35.6%
To the body 24 / 34 70.6% 69.6% 245 / 350 70.0% 69.6%
To the legs 27 / 31 87.1% 82.1% 337 / 381 88.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

426.7% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
4635.9% acc · 1.98/15 · norm 1.27
116.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4890.6% def · norm 63.9%
13:3730.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
76:1821.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:340:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
18:530:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.34/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.13/15 · norm 0.45

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

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