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Mansur Abdul-Malik vs.
Dustin Stoltzfus

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

3-1-1 Mansur Abdul-Malik · UFC
3-7-0 Dustin Stoltzfus · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-1-1
UFC record
3-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
28.8
AgeΔ 5.9 yrs
34.7
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
80"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.3
Layoff (months)Δ 6.4 mo
10.7
LWDWW
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.

Dustin Stoltzfus is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Mansur Abdul-Malik is wasteful with body shots — only 36% land, vs a 72% Middleweight norm.
Mansur Abdul-Malik hunts takedowns — 2.05 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.

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Full career not yet synced for Mansur Abdul-Malik — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Dustin Stoltzfus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1012.76/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3403.28/min · norm 3.25
1584.32/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3373.25/min · norm 3.20
41.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.4%
43.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.7%norm 53.8%
10.41/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.29/15 · norm 0.32

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

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Distance 62.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 27.3% (norm 10.3%)

Dustin Stoltzfus

Distance 87.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

Dustin Stoltzfus

Head 73.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abdul-Malik L/AAccMiddleweight med Stoltzfus L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 150 29.3% 40.5% 273 / 671 40.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 16 / 26 61.5% 70.3% 37 / 50 74.0% 70.3%
On the ground 41 / 66 62.1% 69.1% 30 / 46 65.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 206 40.8% 38.9% 175 / 563 31.1% 38.9%
To the body 9 / 25 36.0% 71.7% 85 / 113 75.2% 71.7%
To the legs 8 / 11 too few to rate 83.3% 80 / 91 87.9% 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 Abdul-Malik L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Stoltzfus L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 136 / 253 53.8% 39.5% 282 / 569 49.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 24 too few to rate 70.9% 31 / 38 81.6% 70.9%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.0% 24 / 37 64.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 81 / 178 45.5% 37.9% 241 / 523 46.1% 37.9%
To the body 26 / 46 56.5% 71.3% 60 / 78 76.9% 71.3%
To the legs 51 / 56 91.1% 82.1% 36 / 43 83.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

541.7% acc · 2.05/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1435.9% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 1.42
990.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
750.0% def · norm 63.1%
4:5813.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
28:4227.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
4:041:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:012:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.41/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
71.01/15 · norm 0.47

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

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