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Dominick Reyes vs. Chris Weidman

UFC 10-5-0 vs. 12-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-5-0
UFC record
12-8-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 6 yrs
42
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
6.3
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
22.4
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chris Weidman hunts takedowns — 3.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Dominick Reyes carries real power — 0.89 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Chris Weidman is a submission threat — 0.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dominick Reyes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.44 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.7 wins over .500

Chris Weidman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 128
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5884.99/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
6263.11/min · norm 3.23
4013.40/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6793.37/min · norm 3.20
53.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 47.4%
49.6%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 53.8%
70.89/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
50.37/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dominick Reyes

Distance 82.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 10.6%)

Chris Weidman

Distance 77.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 16.2% (norm 10.0%)

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

Dominick Reyes

Head 70.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 17.3% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 9.7%)

Chris Weidman

Head 82.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Reyes L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Weidman L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 440 / 908 48.5% 41.5% 416 / 1073 38.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 60 / 74 81.1% 70.8% 58 / 89 65.2% 70.6%
On the ground 88 / 114 77.2% 72.9% 152 / 225 67.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 331 / 771 42.9% 39.2% 460 / 1141 40.3% 38.8%
To the body 141 / 190 74.2% 72.0% 100 / 164 61.0% 71.6%
To the legs 116 / 135 85.9% 82.1% 66 / 82 80.5% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Reyes L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Weidman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 371 / 746 49.7% 40.6% 423 / 1032 41.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 16 / 26 61.5% 68.8% 101 / 148 68.2% 70.4%
On the ground 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.4% 155 / 206 75.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 212 / 542 39.1% 37.7% 452 / 1094 41.3% 37.9%
To the body 82 / 115 71.3% 72.9% 127 / 169 75.1% 71.3%
To the legs 107 / 138 77.5% 83.1% 100 / 123 81.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
4442.3% acc · 3.27/15 · norm 1.35
3482.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2172.4% def · norm 63.3%
8:157.0% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
64:5832.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
8:541:07 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
14:431:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.25/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
110.82/15 · norm 0.45

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