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Francisco Trinaldo vs. Delson Heleno

UFC 18-8-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-8-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48
AgeΔ 0 yrs
48
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
70"
Reach
—
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
48.6
Layoff (months)Δ 123.3 mo
171.9
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Delson Heleno rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Delson Heleno absorbs 4.83 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Francisco Trinaldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 188
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Delson Heleno

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10093.13/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
30.69/min · norm 3.23
8602.67/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
214.83/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
75.0%norm 47.4%
60.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
19.2%norm 53.8%
50.23/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

Delson Heleno

Distance 50.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 50.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.0%)

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Delson Heleno

Head 50.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 25.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med Heleno L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 703 / 1789 39.3% 38.3% 1 / 2 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 168 / 238 70.6% 67.5% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 138 / 203 68.0% 68.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 38.8%
To the body 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 71.6%
To the legs 116 / 132 87.9% 81.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Heleno L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.8% 2 / 3 too few to rate 39.5%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6% 8 / 8 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.2% 9 / 13 too few to rate 37.9%
To the body 249 / 390 63.8% 68.2% 12 / 13 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
4460.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.3%
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
1:0725.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
1:104:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
110.51/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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