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Tateki Matsuda vs.
Chris Beal

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

0-2-0 Tateki Matsuda · UFC
2-3-0 Chris Beal · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
40.4
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
41
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
138.6
Layoff (months)Δ 17 mo
121.6
LL
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.

Tateki Matsuda rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Tateki Matsuda's takedown defense leaks — 17% stopped, vs a 62% Flyweight norm.
Chris Beal hunts takedowns — 1.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Tateki Matsuda

Full career not yet synced for Tateki Matsuda — 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

Chris Beal

Full career not yet synced for Chris Beal — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

963.20/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2263.45/min · norm 3.52
1033.43/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2083.18/min · norm 3.58
34.5%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 43.4%
69.2%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.23/15 · norm 0.30

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

Tateki Matsuda

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 7.3%)

Chris Beal

Distance 78.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tateki Matsuda

Head 79.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 7.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 9.3%)

Chris Beal

Head 92.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Matsuda L/AAccFlyweight med Beal L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 259 32.8% 40.0% 146 / 495 29.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 8 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 30 / 52 57.7% 68.7%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.7% 50 / 82 61.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 221 28.5% 37.6% 192 / 582 33.0% 34.9%
To the body 10 / 22 too few to rate 68.5% 28 / 41 68.3% 66.8%
To the legs 23 / 35 65.7% 80.0% 6 / 6 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Matsuda L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Beal L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 262 21.8% 40.1% 163 / 479 34.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 68.8% 17 / 29 58.6% 70.4%
On the ground 34 / 52 65.4% 71.1% 28 / 35 80.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 317 28.4% 35.2% 145 / 436 33.3% 34.9%
To the body 11 / 14 too few to rate 68.2% 24 / 41 58.5% 66.0%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 80.3% 39 / 66 59.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
758.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.12
116.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1878.3% def · norm 66.7%
1:566.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
16:1124.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
7:513:55 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
8:001:49 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.23/15 · norm 0.28

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

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