Dricus Du Plessis vs.
Darren Till
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Dricus Du Plessis
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.56 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 27 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +7.5 wins over .500
Darren Till
Full career not yet synced for Darren Till — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dricus Du Plessis
Distance 89.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 10.3%)
Darren Till
Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dricus Du Plessis
Head 75.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.0% (norm 8.4%)
Darren Till
Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Plessis L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Till L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 767 / 1658 | 46.3% | 40.5% | 284 / 669 | 42.5% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 65 / 91 | 71.4% | 70.3% | 39 / 61 | 63.9% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 74 / 102 | 72.5% | 69.1% | 52 / 71 | 73.2% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 559 / 1402 | 39.9% | 38.9% | 258 / 649 | 39.8% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 161 / 208 | 77.4% | 71.7% | 52 / 71 | 73.2% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 186 / 241 | 77.2% | 83.3% | 65 / 81 | 80.2% | 82.9% |
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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Plessis L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Till L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 672 / 1525 | 44.1% | 39.5% | 278 / 874 | 31.8% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 34 | 82.4% | 70.9% | 122 / 171 | 71.3% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 36 / 45 | 80.0% | 69.0% | 140 / 190 | 73.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 532 / 1332 | 39.9% | 37.9% | 329 / 940 | 35.0% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 149 / 213 | 70.0% | 71.3% | 74 / 113 | 65.5% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 55 / 59 | 93.2% | 82.1% | 137 / 182 | 75.3% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Till has more cage time on record.