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Keith Berish vs.
Robert Drysdale

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

0-1-0 (1 NC) Keith Berish · UFC
0-0-0 (1 NC) Robert Drysdale · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-0-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
40.7
AgeΔ 4.1 yrs
44.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
115.9
Layoff (months)Δ 29.1 mo
145
LNC
Last 5 (newest first)
NC
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.

Robert Drysdale is a submission threat — 21.95 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Robert Drysdale hunts takedowns — 7.32 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Keith Berish's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight 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.

Keith Berish

Full career not yet synced for Keith Berish — 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

Robert Drysdale

Full career not yet synced for Robert Drysdale — 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

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

613.58/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
00.00/min · norm 3.41
824.81/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
00.00/min · norm 3.35
36.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
0.0%norm 48.3%
62.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Keith Berish

Distance 95.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 10.3%)

Robert Drysdale

Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Keith Berish

Head 81.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 8.4%)

Robert Drysdale

Head 80.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Berish L/AAccMiddleweight med Drysdale L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 160 35.6% 40.5% 0 / 5 too few to rate 41.4%
In the clinch 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 1 / 3 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 39 / 136 28.7% 38.9% 0 / 4 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 6 / 13 too few to rate 71.7% 0 / 1 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 16 / 19 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light 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 Berish L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Drysdale L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 207 36.2% 39.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 40.4%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 2 / 4 too few to rate 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 184 29.9% 37.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 37.5%
To the body 15 / 22 too few to rate 71.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 7.32/15 · norm 0.87
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 66.7%
0:525.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
1:3073.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
4:293:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
321.95/15 · norm 0.27

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

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