Damian Pinas vs.
Cesar Almeida
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Damian Pinas
Full career not yet synced for Damian Pinas — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
Cesar Almeida
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 10 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Damian Pinas
Distance 80.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 17.9% (norm 10.3%)
Cesar Almeida
Distance 81.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Damian Pinas
Head 64.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 21.4% (norm 8.4%)
Cesar Almeida
Head 51.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 29.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 18.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pinas L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Almeida L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 32 / 45 | 71.1% | 40.5% | 164 / 290 | 56.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 30 / 32 | 93.8% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 19 / 33 | 57.6% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 21 / 36 | 58.3% | 38.9% | 84 / 182 | 46.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 76 / 106 | 71.7% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 12 / 12 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 53 / 67 | 79.1% | 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 Pinas L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Almeida L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 40 / 62 | 64.5% | 39.5% | 118 / 219 | 53.9% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 18 / 22 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 8 / 22 | too few to rate | 37.9% | 90 / 193 | 46.6% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 17 / 25 | 68.0% | 71.3% | 29 / 34 | 85.3% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 15 / 16 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 23 / 23 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Almeida has more cage time on record.