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Maki Pitolo vs.
Dusko Todorovic

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

1-5-0 Maki Pitolo · UFC
4-7-0 Dusko Todorovic · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-5-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35.7
AgeΔ 3.5 yrs
32.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56
Layoff (months)Δ 55.9 mo
0.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Dusko Todorovic hunts takedowns — 2.44 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Maki Pitolo is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Maki Pitolo hunts takedowns — 2.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

Maki Pitolo

Full career not yet synced for Maki Pitolo — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Dusko Todorovic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 57
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.87 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2173.70/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2994.05/min · norm 3.25
2283.88/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2643.58/min · norm 3.20
42.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
54.2%norm 47.4%
55.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Maki Pitolo

Distance 93.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 10.3%)

Dusko Todorovic

Distance 65.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 19.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Maki Pitolo

Head 81.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Dusko Todorovic

Head 83.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pitolo L/AAccMiddleweight med Todorovic L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 477 40.5% 40.5% 152 / 359 42.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 13 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 75 / 86 87.2% 70.3%
On the ground 11 / 20 too few to rate 69.1% 72 / 107 67.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 419 36.0% 38.9% 219 / 463 47.3% 38.9%
To the body 52 / 77 67.5% 71.7% 58 / 66 87.9% 71.7%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 83.3% 22 / 23 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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Pitolo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Todorovic L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 170 / 428 39.7% 39.5% 184 / 428 43.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 22 / 29 75.9% 70.9% 42 / 56 75.0% 70.9%
On the ground 36 / 53 67.9% 69.0% 38 / 61 62.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 456 43.0% 37.9% 163 / 414 39.4% 37.9%
To the body 21 / 42 50.0% 71.3% 75 / 98 76.5% 71.3%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.1% 26 / 33 78.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

952.9% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1233.3% acc · 2.44/15 · norm 1.42
550.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
640.0% def · norm 63.1%
13:0622.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
20:5428.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
16:334:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
14:152:53 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.77/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
20.41/15 · norm 0.47

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

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