Murilo Bustamante vs.
Chuck Liddell
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.
Murilo Bustamante
Full career not yet synced for Murilo Bustamante — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Chuck Liddell
Full career not yet synced for Chuck Liddell — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 12-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 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)
Murilo Bustamante
Distance 41.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 45.6% (norm 10.3%)
Chuck Liddell
Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Murilo Bustamante
Head 94.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 8.4%)
Chuck Liddell
Head 84.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Bustamante L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Liddell L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 24 / 43 | 55.8% | 40.5% | 430 / 1329 | 32.4% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 6 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 83 / 134 | 61.9% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 22 / 47 | 46.8% | 69.1% | 98 / 173 | 56.6% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 46 / 97 | 47.4% | 38.9% | 417 / 1382 | 30.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.7% | 45 / 65 | 69.2% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 149 / 189 | 78.8% | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Bustamante L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Liddell L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 30 / 123 | 24.4% | 39.5% | 367 / 977 | 37.6% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 34 / 43 | 79.1% | 70.9% | 41 / 72 | 56.9% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 26 / 42 | 61.9% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 24 / 123 | 19.5% | 37.9% | 262 / 886 | 29.6% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 15 / 18 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 51 / 63 | 81.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 37 / 42 | 88.1% | 82.1% | 121 / 142 | 85.2% | 83.0% |
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 — Liddell has more cage time on record.