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Klidson Abreu vs.
Jamahal Hill

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

1-2-0 (1 NC) Klidson Abreu · UFC
6-4-0 (1 NC) Jamahal Hill · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-4-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
33
AgeΔ 2 yrs
35
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
74"
ReachΔ 5"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
74.2
Layoff (months)Δ 60.7 mo
13.5
NCLWL
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.

Jamahal Hill rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jamahal Hill outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 5.89 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 norm.
Klidson Abreu is wasteful with body shots — only 45% land, vs a 72% Light 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.

Klidson Abreu

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Jamahal Hill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

962.05/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6775.89/min · norm 3.41
1362.90/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4644.04/min · norm 3.35
40.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 48.3%
55.6%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
45.0%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
40.52/15 · norm 0.40

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

Klidson Abreu

Distance 93.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 10.4%)

Jamahal Hill

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.4%)

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

Klidson Abreu

Head 64.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 9.7%)

Jamahal Hill

Head 79.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abreu L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Hill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 86 / 220 39.1% 41.4% 567 / 1207 47.0% 41.4%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.9% 60 / 75 80.0% 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.3% 50 / 65 76.9% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 151 25.2% 38.9% 455 / 1075 42.3% 38.9%
To the body 20 / 44 45.5% 71.9% 158 / 199 79.4% 71.9%
To the legs 38 / 41 92.7% 81.8% 64 / 73 87.7% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Abreu L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Hill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 112 / 276 40.6% 40.4% 381 / 731 52.1% 40.4%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 68.7% 26 / 33 78.8% 68.7%
On the ground 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.4% 57 / 79 72.2% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 53 / 186 28.5% 37.5% 246 / 576 42.7% 37.5%
To the body 38 / 59 64.4% 72.3% 126 / 156 80.8% 72.3%
To the legs 45 / 61 73.8% 83.0% 92 / 111 82.9% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

220.0% acc · 0.64/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
480.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3470.8% def · norm 66.7%
3:056.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
6:085.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
8:342:44 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
12:321:38 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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