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Djorden Santos vs. Yousri Belgaroui

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 3-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
3-0-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
29
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
6'0"
HeightΔ 5"
6'5"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.2
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yousri Belgaroui carries real power — 1.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Yousri Belgaroui outworks the Middleweight division — 8.35 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Djorden Santos absorbs 7.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Djorden Santos

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Yousri Belgaroui

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3246.66/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2428.35/min · norm 3.23
3817.84/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
561.93/min · norm 3.20
39.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
64.5%norm 47.4%
47.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
69.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.55/15 · norm 0.32

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

Djorden Santos

Distance 97.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 10.0%)

Yousri Belgaroui

Distance 91.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Djorden Santos

Head 91.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 8.4%)

Yousri Belgaroui

Head 67.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Santos L/AAccMiddleweight med Belgaroui L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 311 / 802 38.8% 40.5% 214 / 343 62.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.6% 22 / 25 88.0% 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 271 / 747 36.3% 38.8% 143 / 254 56.3% 38.8%
To the body 24 / 41 58.5% 71.6% 57 / 75 76.0% 71.6%
To the legs 29 / 32 90.6% 83.3% 42 / 46 91.3% 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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Santos L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Belgaroui L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 365 / 707 51.6% 39.5% 52 / 178 29.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.4% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 8 / 10 too few to rate 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 247 / 555 44.5% 37.9% 41 / 160 25.6% 37.9%
To the body 70 / 102 68.6% 71.3% 7 / 14 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 64 / 69 92.8% 82.1% 8 / 11 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.31/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.52/15 · norm 1.35
480.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
956.3% def · norm 63.3%
2:425.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
1:395.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
2:160:41 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
5:252:48 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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