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Tra Telligman vs.
Vitor Belfort

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

1-4-0 Tra Telligman · UFC
15-10-0 (1 NC) Vitor Belfort · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-4-0
UFC record
15-10-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
61.5
AgeΔ 12.2 yrs
49.3
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
251.5
Layoff (months)Δ 152.7 mo
98.8
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWNCLL
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.

Vitor Belfort carries real power — 1.14 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Tra Telligman is a submission threat — 0.50 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Tra Telligman rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Tra Telligman

Full career not yet synced for Tra Telligman — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Vitor Belfort

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

In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

702.31/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
2871.99/min · norm 3.25
1093.60/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
5013.47/min · norm 3.20
39.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.3%norm 47.4%
57.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
46.4%norm 53.8%
10.50/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
111.14/15 · norm 0.32

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

Tra Telligman

Distance 83.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 9.3%)

Vitor Belfort

Distance 59.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Tra Telligman

Head 83.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 7.6%)

Vitor Belfort

Head 88.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Telligman L/AAccHeavyweight med Belfort L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 147 38.1% 40.1% 127 / 359 35.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 13 / 28 46.4% 70.6% 68 / 117 58.1% 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.2% 92 / 131 70.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 47 / 148 31.8% 38.9% 231 / 534 43.3% 38.9%
To the body 11 / 14 too few to rate 76.8% 34 / 48 70.8% 71.7%
To the legs 12 / 15 too few to rate 87.8% 22 / 25 88.0% 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Telligman L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Belfort L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 62 / 181 34.3% 40.7% 195 / 499 39.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 18 / 31 58.1% 70.6% 88 / 132 66.7% 70.9%
On the ground 29 / 44 65.9% 72.0% 218 / 304 71.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 217 36.4% 38.8% 335 / 719 46.6% 37.9%
To the body 11 / 11 too few to rate 75.1% 52 / 80 65.0% 71.3%
To the legs 19 / 28 67.9% 84.4% 114 / 136 83.8% 82.1%
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 0.95
Takedowns landed
675.0% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.42
555.6% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
2665.0% def · norm 63.1%
0:232.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
7:576.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
3:251:41 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
46:244:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.50/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
80.83/15 · norm 0.47

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

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