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Danilo Belluardo vs.
Mark Madsen

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 Danilo Belluardo · UFC
4-2-0 Mark Madsen · 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
4-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32
AgeΔ 9 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
82.3
Layoff (months)Δ 49.5 mo
32.8
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Danilo Belluardo owns the mat — in control 51% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Danilo Belluardo hunts takedowns — 3.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Mark Madsen hunts takedowns — 2.86 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Danilo Belluardo

Full career not yet synced for Danilo Belluardo — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Mark Madsen

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

131.52/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2243.56/min · norm 3.42
414.79/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2503.97/min · norm 3.37
61.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 43.5%
41.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Danilo Belluardo

Distance 66.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 33.3% (norm 8.0%)

Mark Madsen

Distance 78.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Danilo Belluardo

Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.0% (norm 7.9%)

Mark Madsen

Head 86.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Belluardo L/AAccLightweight med Madsen L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 14 too few to rate 37.9% 144 / 354 40.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3% 44 / 51 86.3% 67.3%
On the ground 5 / 7 too few to rate 69.1% 36 / 48 75.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 9 / 17 too few to rate 35.0% 167 / 390 42.8% 35.0%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 33 / 38 86.8% 69.1%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 81.9% 24 / 25 96.0% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Belluardo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Madsen L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 25 20.0% 38.9% 201 / 465 43.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.6% 33 / 40 82.5% 68.6%
On the ground 34 / 43 79.1% 68.0% 16 / 21 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 61 62.3% 35.1% 131 / 376 34.8% 35.1%
To the body 1 / 4 too few to rate 68.1% 44 / 69 63.8% 68.1%
To the legs 2 / 5 too few to rate 81.5% 75 / 81 92.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2100.0% acc · 3.50/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1266.7% acc · 2.86/15 · norm 1.38
150.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 64.0%
4:2251.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
16:2426.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
1:081:59 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
10:382:31 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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