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Darian Weeks vs. Bryan Barberena

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 9-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
9-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
32
AgeΔ 5 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
49.3
Layoff (months)Δ 18.2 mo
31.1
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bryan Barberena rarely shoots — 0.13 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Bryan Barberena outworks the Welterweight division — 5.35 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Darian Weeks hunts takedowns — 2.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Darian Weeks

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Bryan Barberena

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 910
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2024.49/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
11915.35/min · norm 3.17
2054.56/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10224.59/min · norm 3.08
51.3%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 44.75%
52.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
44.2%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.40/15 · norm 0.38

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

Darian Weeks

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 8.1%)

Bryan Barberena

Distance 83.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Darian Weeks

Head 61.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.0%)

Bryan Barberena

Head 80.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Weeks L/AAccWelterweight med Barberena L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 175 / 353 49.6% 38.5% 897 / 2065 43.4% 38.5%
In the clinch 24 / 37 64.9% 67.8% 202 / 293 68.9% 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.0% 92 / 121 76.0% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 243 38.3% 36.4% 833 / 1997 41.7% 36.4%
To the body 55 / 82 67.1% 70.7% 158 / 216 73.1% 70.7%
To the legs 54 / 69 78.3% 83.0% 200 / 266 75.2% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Weeks L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Barberena L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 188 / 406 46.3% 39.1% 804 / 1546 52.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 17 / 21 too few to rate 68.9% 158 / 212 74.5% 68.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 60 / 73 82.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 311 36.0% 35.6% 656 / 1392 47.1% 35.6%
To the body 47 / 59 79.7% 69.6% 269 / 333 80.8% 69.6%
To the legs 46 / 57 80.7% 82.2% 97 / 106 91.5% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
630.0% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 0.13/15 · norm 1.31
2100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6250.0% def · norm 63.9%
7:5917.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
17:197.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:170:25 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
66:314:28 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
40.27/15 · norm 0.44

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