Tim Means vs.
Justin Salas
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.
Tim Means
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 15 | 14 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 16 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 52 documented bouts
In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
Justin Salas
Full career not yet synced for Justin Salas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 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)
Tim Means
Distance 84.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 8.1%)
Justin Salas
Distance 81.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Tim Means
Head 74.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)
Justin Salas
Head 74.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Means L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Salas L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1116 / 2495 | 44.7% | 38.6% | 113 / 319 | 35.4% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 202 / 270 | 74.8% | 67.8% | 35 / 46 | 76.1% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 139 / 203 | 68.5% | 67.2% | 21 / 26 | 80.8% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 885 / 2197 | 40.3% | 37.2% | 97 / 290 | 33.4% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 409 / 594 | 68.9% | 70.7% | 34 / 48 | 70.8% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 163 / 177 | 92.1% | 82.9% | 38 / 53 | 71.7% | 81.9% |
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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Means L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Salas L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 899 / 2384 | 37.7% | 39.0% | 86 / 382 | 22.5% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 102 / 162 | 63.0% | 68.9% | 25 / 35 | 71.4% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 54 / 107 | 50.5% | 68.0% | 35 / 53 | 66.0% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 733 / 2171 | 33.8% | 35.6% | 97 / 375 | 25.9% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 191 / 323 | 59.1% | 69.6% | 35 / 72 | 48.6% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 131 / 159 | 82.4% | 82.1% | 14 / 23 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
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 — Means has more cage time on record.