Francisco Prado vs.
Daniel Zellhuber
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.
Francisco Prado
Full career not yet synced for Francisco Prado — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
Daniel Zellhuber
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 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)
Francisco Prado
Distance 88.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 8.1%)
Daniel Zellhuber
Distance 94.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Francisco Prado
Head 68.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 14.7% (norm 8.4%)
Daniel Zellhuber
Head 79.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Prado L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Zellhuber L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 231 / 588 | 39.3% | 38.6% | 437 / 1256 | 34.8% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 20 / 24 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 40 / 55 | 72.7% | 67.2% | 23 / 52 | 44.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 146 / 455 | 32.1% | 37.2% | 300 / 1048 | 28.6% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 65 / 114 | 57.0% | 70.7% | 128 / 222 | 57.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 80 / 98 | 81.6% | 82.9% | 48 / 56 | 85.7% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Prado L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Zellhuber L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 282 / 665 | 42.4% | 39.0% | 546 / 1228 | 44.5% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 33 / 42 | 78.6% | 68.9% | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 68.0% | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 216 / 588 | 36.7% | 35.6% | 266 / 816 | 32.6% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 90 / 119 | 75.6% | 69.6% | 143 / 249 | 57.4% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 35 / 38 | 92.1% | 82.1% | 163 / 196 | 83.2% | 81.5% |
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 — Zellhuber has more cage time on record.