Mehdi Baghdad vs.
Chris Wade
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.
Mehdi Baghdad
Full career not yet synced for Mehdi Baghdad — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Chris Wade
Full career not yet synced for Chris Wade — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 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)
Mehdi Baghdad
Distance 93.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.0%)
Chris Wade
Distance 66.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 17.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 16.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mehdi Baghdad
Head 78.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 7.9%)
Chris Wade
Head 61.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Baghdad L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Wade L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 54 / 186 | 29.0% | 37.9% | 74 / 168 | 44.0% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 8 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 37 / 45 | 82.2% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 26 / 41 | 63.4% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 33 / 156 | 21.2% | 35.0% | 66 / 156 | 42.3% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 8 / 19 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 29 / 47 | 61.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 20 / 23 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 42 / 51 | 82.4% | 81.9% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Baghdad L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Wade L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 80 / 139 | 57.6% | 38.9% | 66 / 199 | 33.2% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 10 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 32 / 48 | 66.7% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 6 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 43 / 46 | 93.5% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 35 / 97 | 36.1% | 35.1% | 75 / 208 | 36.1% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 27 / 37 | 73.0% | 68.1% | 33 / 47 | 70.2% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 27 / 31 | 87.1% | 81.5% | 33 / 38 | 86.8% | 81.5% |
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 — Wade has more cage time on record.