Marc-Andre Barriault vs.
Chidi Njokuani
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Marc-Andre Barriault
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500
Chidi Njokuani
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 6 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marc-Andre Barriault
Distance 76.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 10.3%)
Chidi Njokuani
Distance 71.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marc-Andre Barriault
Head 83.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)
Chidi Njokuani
Head 49.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 34.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Barriault L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Njokuani L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 650 / 1625 | 40.0% | 40.5% | 305 / 570 | 53.5% | 38.6% |
| In the clinch | 276 / 397 | 69.5% | 70.3% | 136 / 170 | 80.0% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 69 / 93 | 74.2% | 69.1% | 37 / 57 | 64.9% | 67.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 718 / 1758 | 40.8% | 38.9% | 178 / 398 | 44.7% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 196 / 259 | 75.7% | 71.7% | 193 / 278 | 69.4% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 81 / 98 | 82.7% | 83.3% | 107 / 121 | 88.4% | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Barriault L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Njokuani L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 775 / 1698 | 45.6% | 39.5% | 246 / 641 | 38.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 232 / 311 | 74.6% | 70.9% | 40 / 51 | 78.4% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 39 / 50 | 78.0% | 69.0% | 43 / 77 | 55.8% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 655 / 1578 | 41.5% | 37.9% | 204 / 608 | 33.6% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 293 / 370 | 79.2% | 71.3% | 69 / 91 | 75.8% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 98 / 111 | 88.3% | 82.1% | 56 / 70 | 80.0% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Barriault has more cage time on record.