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Hamdy Abdelwahab vs.
Chris Barnett

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

2-1-0 (1 NC) Hamdy Abdelwahab · UFC
2-4-0 Chris Barnett · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

2-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-4-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
33.5
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
40.1
6'2"
HeightΔ 5"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
9.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
9.4
WLWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
The read

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.

Hamdy Abdelwahab hunts takedowns — 3.25 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Chris Barnett absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Chris Barnett rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Hamdy Abdelwahab

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Chris Barnett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 215

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2564.27/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1783.36/min · norm 3.36
2203.67/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3476.55/min · norm 3.19
55.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 47.8%
51.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
36.4%norm 52.5%
10.25/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.28/15 · norm 0.28

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

Hamdy Abdelwahab

Distance 66.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 30.3% (norm 9.3%)

Chris Barnett

Distance 77.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Hamdy Abdelwahab

Head 84.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.6%)

Chris Barnett

Head 74.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abdelwahab L/AAccHeavyweight med Barnett L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 141 / 303 46.5% 40.1% 126 / 291 43.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 14 / 23 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 100 / 139 71.9% 70.2% 38 / 60 63.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 198 / 389 50.9% 38.9% 103 / 280 36.8% 38.9%
To the body 26 / 33 78.8% 76.8% 21 / 29 72.4% 76.8%
To the legs 32 / 37 86.5% 87.8% 54 / 65 83.1% 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 (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 Abdelwahab L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Barnett L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 213 / 442 48.2% 40.7% 199 / 355 56.1% 40.7%
In the clinch 6 / 10 too few to rate 70.6% 63 / 71 88.7% 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0% 85 / 120 70.8% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 328 37.2% 38.8% 239 / 428 55.8% 38.8%
To the body 57 / 75 76.0% 75.1% 96 / 104 92.3% 75.1%
To the legs 41 / 50 82.0% 84.4% 12 / 14 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1365.0% acc · 3.25/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
5100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
635.3% def · norm 64.3%
18:2330.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
1:383.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
22:096:16 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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