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Chidi Njokuani vs. Marc-Andre Barriault

UFC 6-5-0 vs. 7-10-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-0
UFC record
7-10-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
80"
ReachΔ 6"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
0.1
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chidi Njokuani outworks the Welterweight division — 6.38 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Chidi Njokuani rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Marc-Andre Barriault absorbs 5.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chidi Njokuani

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Marc-Andre Barriault

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6336.38/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
10275.69/min · norm 3.23
4034.06/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10515.82/min · norm 3.20
61.7%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 47.4%
56.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
49.2%norm 53.8%
30.45/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.42/15 · norm 0.32

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

Chidi Njokuani

Distance 77.2% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 17.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 8.1%)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Distance 75.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 10.0%)

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

Chidi Njokuani

Head 48.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 34.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 8.0%)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Head 83.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Njokuani L/AAccWelterweight med Barriault L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 454 / 792 57.3% 38.5% 652 / 1629 40.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 142 / 177 80.2% 67.8% 278 / 399 69.7% 70.6%
On the ground 37 / 57 64.9% 67.0% 97 / 133 72.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 498 46.0% 36.4% 749 / 1803 41.5% 38.8%
To the body 249 / 354 70.3% 70.7% 196 / 259 75.7% 71.6%
To the legs 155 / 174 89.1% 83.0% 82 / 99 82.8% 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Njokuani L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Barriault L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 318 / 802 39.7% 39.1% 779 / 1708 45.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 42 / 54 77.8% 68.9% 233 / 312 74.7% 70.4%
On the ground 43 / 77 55.8% 68.0% 39 / 50 78.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 728 33.1% 35.6% 659 / 1588 41.5% 37.9%
To the body 88 / 116 75.9% 69.6% 293 / 370 79.2% 71.3%
To the legs 74 / 89 83.1% 82.2% 99 / 112 88.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
428.6% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.35
3075.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4968.1% def · norm 63.3%
13:2013.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
18:3910.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
23:443:35 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
39:333:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.15/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.45

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