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Reinier de Ridder vs.
Roman Dolidze

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

4-2-0 Reinier de Ridder · UFC
9-5-0 Roman Dolidze · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-2-0
UFC record
9-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35.9
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
38.1
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
78"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
4.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Reinier de Ridder hunts takedowns — 2.56 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Reinier de Ridder owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Roman Dolidze is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 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.

Reinier de Ridder

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.2 wins over .500

Roman Dolidze

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2032.47/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
5783.19/min · norm 3.25
1942.36/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
6743.71/min · norm 3.20
48.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 47.4%
46.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
48.5%norm 53.8%
20.37/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.33/15 · norm 0.32

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

Reinier de Ridder

Distance 84.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 10.3%)

Roman Dolidze

Distance 86.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Reinier de Ridder

Head 73.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 8.4%)

Roman Dolidze

Head 77.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ridder L/AAccMiddleweight med Dolidze L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 353 43.6% 40.5% 468 / 1204 38.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 31 / 36 86.1% 70.3% 35 / 72 48.6% 70.3%
On the ground 18 / 29 62.1% 69.1% 75 / 113 66.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 121 / 307 39.4% 38.9% 366 / 1081 33.9% 38.9%
To the body 65 / 91 71.4% 71.7% 84 / 142 59.2% 71.7%
To the legs 17 / 20 too few to rate 83.3% 128 / 166 77.1% 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 Ridder L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Dolidze L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 133 / 286 46.5% 39.5% 556 / 1155 48.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 14 / 18 too few to rate 70.9% 43 / 58 74.1% 70.9%
On the ground 47 / 61 77.0% 69.0% 75 / 95 78.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 307 49.5% 37.9% 382 / 946 40.4% 37.9%
To the body 24 / 38 63.2% 71.3% 88 / 136 64.7% 71.3%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 82.1% 204 / 226 90.3% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1429.2% acc · 2.56/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1443.8% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.42
240.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
832.0% def · norm 63.1%
28:0034.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
47:1426.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
20:243:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:201:30 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.55/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
90.74/15 · norm 0.47

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

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