Daniel Roberts vs.
Rich Attonito
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.
Daniel Roberts
Full career not yet synced for Daniel Roberts — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Rich Attonito
Full career not yet synced for Rich Attonito — 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 +0.2 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)
Daniel Roberts
Distance 88.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.1%)
Rich Attonito
Distance 58.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Daniel Roberts
Head 83.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.4%)
Rich Attonito
Head 80.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Roberts L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Attonito L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 34 / 212 | 16.0% | 38.6% | 61 / 169 | 36.1% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 8 / 18 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 65 / 99 | 65.7% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 26 / 200 | 13.0% | 37.2% | 91 / 233 | 39.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 16 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 25 / 31 | 80.6% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 7 / 16 | too few to rate | 82.9% | 22 / 24 | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Roberts L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Attonito L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 67 / 165 | 40.6% | 39.0% | 74 / 251 | 29.5% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 44 | 61.4% | 68.9% | 25 / 28 | 89.3% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 58 / 73 | 79.5% | 68.0% | 30 / 37 | 81.1% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 76 / 197 | 38.6% | 35.6% | 69 / 223 | 30.9% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 40 / 48 | 83.3% | 69.6% | 26 / 52 | 50.0% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 36 / 37 | 97.3% | 82.1% | 34 / 41 | 82.9% | 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 — Roberts has more cage time on record.