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Jack Della Maddalena vs.
Danny Roberts

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

8-2-0 Jack Della Maddalena · UFC
7-7-0 Danny Roberts · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-2-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
29.9
AgeΔ 9.2 yrs
39.1
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
3.1
Layoff (months)Δ 33.4 mo
36.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Jack Della Maddalena carries real power — 0.76 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Danny Roberts rarely shoots — 0.24 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Jack Della Maddalena rarely shoots — 0.38 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Jack Della Maddalena

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 92
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.41 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.8 wins over .500

Danny Roberts

Full career not yet synced for Danny Roberts — 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 +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6005.08/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4053.18/min · norm 3.17
5004.23/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4743.72/min · norm 3.06
52.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 55.25%
60.76/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jack Della Maddalena

Distance 90.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.1%)

Danny Roberts

Distance 80.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jack Della Maddalena

Head 73.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 8.4%)

Danny Roberts

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maddalena L/AAccWelterweight med Roberts L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 514 / 1027 50.0% 38.6% 262 / 823 31.8% 38.6%
In the clinch 51 / 66 77.3% 67.8% 82 / 118 69.5% 67.8%
On the ground 35 / 44 79.5% 67.2% 61 / 83 73.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 384 / 839 45.8% 37.2% 233 / 800 29.1% 37.2%
To the body 155 / 222 69.8% 70.7% 106 / 146 72.6% 70.7%
To the legs 61 / 76 80.3% 82.9% 66 / 78 84.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Maddalena L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Roberts L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 442 / 1187 37.2% 39.0% 315 / 731 43.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 34 / 48 70.8% 68.9% 105 / 159 66.0% 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 36 66.7% 68.0% 54 / 77 70.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 342 / 1050 32.6% 35.6% 336 / 774 43.4% 35.6%
To the body 81 / 132 61.4% 69.6% 92 / 137 67.2% 69.6%
To the legs 77 / 89 86.5% 82.1% 46 / 56 82.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

325.0% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
29.5% acc · 0.24/15 · norm 1.27
3163.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2357.5% def · norm 63.9%
4:213.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
19:1015.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
35:484:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
34:184:02 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.13/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.24/15 · norm 0.45

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

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