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Rodolfo Bellato vs. Navajo Stirling

UFC 2-2-1 (1 NC) vs. 6-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
6-0-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
30
AgeΔ 2 yrs
28
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'4"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
2.6
LWLNCD
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Navajo Stirling outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 6.41 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.48 norm.
Rodolfo Bellato absorbs 5.99 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Rodolfo Bellato hunts takedowns — 1.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rodolfo Bellato

Full career not yet synced for Rodolfo Bellato — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Navajo Stirling

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 70
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.19 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 11 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2824.80/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
4196.41/min · norm 3.48
3525.99/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1612.46/min · norm 3.37
58.3%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
54.2%norm 48.45%
45.7%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
59.4%norm 52.75%
20.51/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.46/15 · norm 0.40

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

Rodolfo Bellato

Distance 69.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 21.3% (norm 10.6%)

Navajo Stirling

Distance 81.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.6%)

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

Rodolfo Bellato

Head 71.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 15.9% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 9.7%)

Navajo Stirling

Head 64.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 24.2% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bellato L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Stirling L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 177 / 337 52.5% 41.5% 313 / 630 49.7% 41.5%
In the clinch 33 / 44 75.0% 70.8% 24 / 34 70.6% 70.8%
On the ground 72 / 103 69.9% 72.9% 82 / 109 75.2% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 171 / 347 49.3% 39.2% 221 / 501 44.1% 39.2%
To the body 61 / 77 79.2% 72.0% 133 / 187 71.1% 72.0%
To the legs 50 / 60 83.3% 82.1% 65 / 85 76.5% 82.1%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Bellato L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Stirling L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 240 / 501 47.9% 40.6% 143 / 364 39.3% 40.6%
In the clinch 65 / 81 80.2% 68.8% 15 / 28 53.6% 68.8%
On the ground 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4% 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 251 / 514 48.8% 37.7% 93 / 303 30.7% 37.7%
To the body 79 / 106 74.5% 72.9% 35 / 48 72.9% 72.9%
To the legs 22 / 28 78.6% 83.1% 33 / 46 71.7% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
538.5% acc · 1.28/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 0.92/15 · norm 0.87
1493.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2369.7% def · norm 66.7%
10:5918.7% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
12:1618.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
13:043:20 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
11:452:41 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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