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Curtis Stout vs.
Phil Baroni

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

0-2-0 Curtis Stout · UFC
3-7-0 Phil Baroni · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
52
AgeΔ 2 yrs
50
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
265.5
Layoff (months)Δ 78.4 mo
187.1
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Phil Baroni carries real power — 0.78 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Curtis Stout rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Curtis Stout's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight 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.

Curtis Stout

Full career not yet synced for Curtis Stout — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Phil Baroni

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

70.44/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2532.62/min · norm 3.25
513.17/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3964.10/min · norm 3.20
70.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 47.4%
29.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
37.4%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.78/15 · norm 0.32

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

Curtis Stout

Distance 80.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 10.3%)

Phil Baroni

Distance 48.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 29.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 22.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Curtis Stout

Head 20.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 30.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 50.0% (norm 8.4%)

Phil Baroni

Head 79.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stout L/AAccMiddleweight med Baroni L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 6 / 8 too few to rate 40.5% 74 / 246 30.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 94 / 151 62.3% 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 85 / 115 73.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 2 too few to rate 38.9% 162 / 408 39.7% 38.9%
To the body 3 / 3 too few to rate 71.7% 87 / 98 88.8% 71.7%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 83.3% 4 / 6 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Stout L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Baroni L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 3 too few to rate 39.5% 157 / 305 51.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 142 / 199 71.4% 70.9%
On the ground 50 / 69 72.5% 69.0% 97 / 129 75.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 36 41.7% 37.9% 236 / 442 53.4% 37.9%
To the body 36 / 36 100.0% 71.3% 97 / 122 79.5% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 63 / 69 91.3% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
844.4% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.42
233.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3166.0% def · norm 63.1%
0:030.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
24:3025.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
14:5513:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
39:436:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.47/15 · norm 0.47

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

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