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Yorgan De Castro vs.
Greg Hardy

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

1-3-0 Yorgan De Castro · UFC
4-5-0 (1 NC) Greg Hardy · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
4-5-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 5"
6'5"
74"
ReachΔ 6"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
63.9
Layoff (months)Δ 10.8 mo
53.1
LLLW
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.

Yorgan De Castro rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Greg Hardy rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Yorgan De Castro carries real power — 0.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 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.

Yorgan De Castro

Full career not yet synced for Yorgan De Castro — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Greg Hardy

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

782.22/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3434.60/min · norm 3.36
1494.23/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2453.29/min · norm 3.19
40.6%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
49.9%norm 47.8%
53.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
55.1%norm 52.5%
10.43/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.28

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

Yorgan De Castro

Distance 97.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Greg Hardy

Distance 84.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Yorgan De Castro

Head 71.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 7.6%)

Greg Hardy

Head 73.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Castro L/AAccHeavyweight med Hardy L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 187 41.7% 40.1% 257 / 581 44.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 0 / 5 too few to rate 70.6% 14 / 17 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 72 / 90 80.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 137 24.8% 38.9% 203 / 506 40.1% 38.9%
To the body 12 / 20 too few to rate 76.8% 51 / 71 71.8% 76.8%
To the legs 32 / 35 91.4% 87.8% 89 / 111 80.2% 87.8%

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 · Heavyweight: 93 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 Castro L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Hardy L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 130 / 298 43.6% 40.7% 206 / 489 42.1% 40.7%
In the clinch 18 / 23 too few to rate 70.6% 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0% 38 / 54 70.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 219 31.1% 38.8% 140 / 408 34.3% 38.8%
To the body 37 / 50 74.0% 75.1% 51 / 75 68.0% 75.1%
To the legs 44 / 53 83.0% 84.4% 54 / 63 85.7% 84.4%
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
133.3% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 0.95
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
964.3% def · norm 64.3%
3:3310.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
5:257.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
4:121:47 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
5:171:03 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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