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David Abbott vs.
Cal Worsham

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

8-10-0 David Abbott · UFC
1-2-0 Cal Worsham · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-10-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
61.3
Age
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
272.5
Layoff (months)Δ 83.4 mo
355.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Cal Worsham outworks the Open Weight division — 3.23 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 1.46 norm.
David Abbott owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 22% Open Weight norm.
Cal Worsham hunts takedowns — 2.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.15 Open Weight 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.

David Abbott

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

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Cal Worsham

Full career not yet synced for Cal Worsham — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1561.83/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
233.23/min · norm 1.46
2092.45/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
131.83/min · norm 1.68
44.4%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 45.8%
32.1%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
60.6%norm 49.0%
40.70/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

David Abbott

Distance 44.4% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 26.2% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 29.3% (norm 28.7%)

Cal Worsham

Distance 37.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 43.1% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 19.6% (norm 28.7%)

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

David Abbott

Head 97.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 2.6% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 5.2%)

Cal Worsham

Head 82.4% (norm 81.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abbott L/AAccOpen Weight med Worsham L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 54 / 156 34.6% 27.8% 7 / 19 too few to rate 27.8%
In the clinch 46 / 92 50.0% 63.8% 6 / 22 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 56 / 103 54.4% 65.8% 10 / 10 too few to rate 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 148 / 342 43.3% 39.3% 19 / 42 45.2% 39.3%
To the body 8 / 9 too few to rate 90.5% 3 / 6 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 53.5% 1 / 3 too few to rate 53.5%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 Abbott L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Worsham L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 121 51.2% 37.0% 5 / 19 too few to rate 37.0%
In the clinch 75 / 98 76.5% 66.7% 5 / 10 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 72 / 89 80.9% 67.1% 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 114 / 207 55.1% 47.0% 11 / 29 37.9% 47.0%
To the body 57 / 61 93.4% 87.9% 2 / 3 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 38 / 40 95.0% 61.2% 0 / 1 too few to rate 61.2%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1062.5% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 2.11/15 · norm 1.15
1071.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
2:0341.1% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
— of cage time · norm 21.95%
1:590:20 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
— per 15 · norm 0:39
40.70/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 1.34

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

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