Yadier del Valle vs.
Connor Matthews
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.
Yadier del Valle
Full career not yet synced for Yadier del Valle — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
Connor Matthews
Full career not yet synced for Connor Matthews — 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 -0.7 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)
Yadier del Valle
Distance 81.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 16.4% (norm 6.5%)
Connor Matthews
Distance 97.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yadier del Valle
Head 58.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 25.5% (norm 7.8%)
Connor Matthews
Head 73.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Valle L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Matthews L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 14 / 45 | 31.1% | 40.9% | 66 / 167 | 39.5% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 8 / 32 | 25.0% | 37.2% | 43 / 126 | 34.1% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 14 / 31 | 45.2% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 6 / 14 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 12 / 14 | too few to rate | 80.7% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Valle L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Matthews L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 15 / 47 | 31.9% | 39.2% | 97 / 224 | 43.3% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 14 / 26 | 53.8% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 7 / 24 | too few to rate | 35.9% | 62 / 180 | 34.4% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 3 / 20 | too few to rate | 67.9% | 25 / 42 | 59.5% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 10 / 12 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 26 / 31 | 83.9% | 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 — Valle has more cage time on record.