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Chris Beal vs.
Patrick Williams

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

2-3-0 Chris Beal · UFC
1-3-0 Patrick Williams · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
44.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
121.6
Layoff (months)Δ 21.9 mo
99.7
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL
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.

Patrick Williams hunts takedowns — 2.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Patrick Williams is a submission threat — 0.54 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Chris Beal hunts takedowns — 1.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Chris Beal

Full career not yet synced for Chris Beal — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Patrick Williams

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2263.45/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1144.12/min · norm 3.52
2083.18/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1144.12/min · norm 3.58
35.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
51.6%norm 43.4%
61.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 56.6%
10.23/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.54/15 · norm 0.30

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

Chris Beal

Distance 78.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 6.5%)

Patrick Williams

Distance 78.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 20.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chris Beal

Head 92.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 8.4%)

Patrick Williams

Head 60.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 21.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Beal L/AAccBantamweight med Williams L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 495 29.5% 39.0% 87 / 173 50.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 30 / 52 57.7% 68.7% 26 / 45 57.8% 68.7%
On the ground 50 / 82 61.0% 70.2% 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 192 / 582 33.0% 34.9% 43 / 133 32.3% 34.9%
To the body 28 / 41 68.3% 66.8% 28 / 40 70.0% 66.8%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 79.4% 43 / 48 89.6% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Beal L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Williams L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 163 / 479 34.0% 39.3% 70 / 176 39.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 17 / 29 58.6% 70.4% 41 / 58 70.7% 70.4%
On the ground 28 / 35 80.0% 72.4% 3 / 5 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 145 / 436 33.3% 34.9% 76 / 195 39.0% 34.9%
To the body 24 / 41 58.5% 66.0% 29 / 34 85.3% 66.0%
To the legs 39 / 66 59.1% 79.1% 9 / 10 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

758.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
541.7% acc · 2.71/15 · norm 1.12
1878.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
16:1124.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
2:107.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
8:001:49 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
1:380:53 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.23/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.54/15 · norm 0.28

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

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