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Delson Heleno vs.
Francisco Trinaldo

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

0-1-0 Delson Heleno · UFC
18-8-0 Francisco Trinaldo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
18-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
48
AgeΔ 1 yrs
47
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
169.4
Layoff (months)Δ 123.2 mo
46.2
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Delson Heleno rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Delson Heleno absorbs 4.83 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns 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.

Delson Heleno

Full career not yet synced for Delson Heleno — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Francisco Trinaldo

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

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

30.69/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
10093.13/min · norm 3.42
214.83/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
8602.67/min · norm 3.37
75.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 43.5%
19.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.23/15 · norm 0.25

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

Delson Heleno

Distance 50.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 50.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Delson Heleno

Head 50.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 25.0% (norm 8.4%)

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Heleno L/AAccMiddleweight med Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 2 too few to rate 40.5% 703 / 1789 39.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.3% 168 / 238 70.6% 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 138 / 203 68.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 2 too few to rate 38.9% 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.0%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 71.7% 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.3% 116 / 132 87.9% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Heleno L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 3 too few to rate 39.5% 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 8 / 8 too few to rate 70.9% 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6%
On the ground 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.0% 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 9 / 13 too few to rate 37.9% 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.1%
To the body 12 / 13 too few to rate 71.3% 249 / 390 63.8% 68.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.38
0— def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4460.3% def · norm 64.0%
1:0725.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
1:104:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
110.51/15 · norm 0.49

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

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