Fabio Maldonado vs.
Joey Beltran
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.
Fabio Maldonado
Full career not yet synced for Fabio Maldonado — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Joey Beltran
Full career not yet synced for Joey Beltran — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 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)
Fabio Maldonado
Distance 75.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 10.4%)
Joey Beltran
Distance 80.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Fabio Maldonado
Head 71.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 28.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.4% (norm 9.7%)
Joey Beltran
Head 84.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Maldonado L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Beltran L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 483 / 921 | 52.4% | 41.4% | 353 / 1264 | 27.9% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 183 / 235 | 77.9% | 70.9% | 187 / 252 | 74.2% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 51 / 62 | 82.3% | 72.3% | 43 / 56 | 76.8% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 456 / 871 | 52.4% | 38.9% | 399 / 1335 | 29.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 257 / 342 | 75.1% | 71.9% | 105 / 145 | 72.4% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 79 / 92 | 85.9% | 87.8% |
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: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Maldonado L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Beltran L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 311 / 837 | 37.2% | 40.4% | 521 / 1136 | 45.9% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 155 / 248 | 62.5% | 68.7% | 102 / 145 | 70.3% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 118 / 171 | 69.0% | 70.4% | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 364 / 970 | 37.5% | 37.5% | 467 / 1099 | 42.5% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 124 / 174 | 71.3% | 72.3% | 99 / 129 | 76.7% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 96 / 112 | 85.7% | 83.0% | 94 / 104 | 90.4% | 84.4% |
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 — Maldonado has more cage time on record.