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Papy Abedi vs.
Dylan Andrews

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

1-3-0 Papy Abedi · UFC
2-3-0 Dylan Andrews · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48.1
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
46.7
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
155.3
Layoff (months)Δ 20.4 mo
134.9
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Dylan Andrews carries real power — 1.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Papy Abedi is a submission threat — 1.30 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Papy Abedi hunts takedowns — 3.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Papy Abedi

Full career not yet synced for Papy Abedi — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Dylan Andrews

Full career not yet synced for Dylan Andrews — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

972.80/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
822.21/min · norm 3.25
1093.15/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1012.72/min · norm 3.20
55.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 47.4%
48.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.8%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
31.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Papy Abedi

Distance 54.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 8.1%)

Dylan Andrews

Distance 70.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Papy Abedi

Head 59.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 31.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.4%)

Dylan Andrews

Head 70.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abedi L/AAccWelterweight med Andrews L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 95 37.9% 38.6% 45 / 115 39.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 34 / 43 79.1% 67.8% 19 / 25 76.0% 70.3%
On the ground 27 / 38 71.1% 67.2% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 42 / 104 40.4% 37.2% 48 / 115 41.7% 38.9%
To the body 46 / 55 83.6% 70.7% 19 / 25 76.0% 71.7%
To the legs 9 / 17 too few to rate 82.9% 15 / 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Abedi L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Andrews L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 112 37.5% 39.0% 54 / 130 41.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 49 / 76 64.5% 68.9% 21 / 31 67.7% 70.9%
On the ground 18 / 24 too few to rate 68.0% 26 / 29 89.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 161 41.6% 35.6% 77 / 158 48.7% 37.9%
To the body 30 / 33 90.9% 69.6% 18 / 24 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 12 / 18 too few to rate 82.1% 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

857.1% acc · 3.47/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
750.0% acc · 2.83/15 · norm 1.42
450.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
857.1% def · norm 63.1%
13:2738.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
5:5015.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
6:502:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
16:376:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
31.30/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.40/15 · norm 0.47

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

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