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Chris Kelades vs.
Chris Beal

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 Chris Kelades · UFC
2-3-0 Chris Beal · 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
2-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
45.5
AgeΔ 4.5 yrs
41
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
123.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
121.6
LWLW
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.

Chris Beal hunts takedowns — 1.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Chris Beal owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Opponents land 46% of their head shots on Chris Kelades, vs a 35% Flyweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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 Kelades

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1392.40/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2263.45/min · norm 3.52
1532.64/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2083.18/min · norm 3.58
43.7%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 43.4%
48.7%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.23/15 · norm 0.30

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

Chris Kelades

Distance 69.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 7.3%)

Chris Beal

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

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

Chris Kelades

Head 78.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 9.3%)

Chris Beal

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kelades L/AAccFlyweight med Beal L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 70 / 220 31.8% 40.0% 146 / 495 29.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 35 / 45 77.8% 70.4% 30 / 52 57.7% 68.7%
On the ground 34 / 53 64.2% 69.7% 50 / 82 61.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 87 / 249 34.9% 37.6% 192 / 582 33.0% 34.9%
To the body 38 / 51 74.5% 68.5% 28 / 41 68.3% 66.8%
To the legs 14 / 18 too few to rate 80.0% 6 / 6 too few to rate 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Kelades L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Beal L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 220 44.1% 40.1% 163 / 479 34.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 17 / 27 63.0% 68.8% 17 / 29 58.6% 70.4%
On the ground 39 / 51 76.5% 71.1% 28 / 35 80.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 119 / 259 45.9% 35.2% 145 / 436 33.3% 34.9%
To the body 18 / 23 too few to rate 68.2% 24 / 41 58.5% 66.0%
To the legs 16 / 16 too few to rate 80.3% 39 / 66 59.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

418.2% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
758.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.12
1453.8% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1878.3% def · norm 66.7%
11:2619.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
16:1124.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
28:527:28 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
8:001:49 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.26/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.23/15 · 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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