Yousri Belgaroui vs.
Azamat Bekoev
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.
Yousri Belgaroui
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500
Azamat Bekoev
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 4 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 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)
Yousri Belgaroui
Distance 89.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.3%)
Azamat Bekoev
Distance 76.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Yousri Belgaroui
Head 71.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)
Azamat Bekoev
Head 72.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 23.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Belgaroui L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Bekoev L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 169 / 263 | 64.3% | 40.5% | 91 / 203 | 44.8% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 21 / 24 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 29 / 36 | 80.6% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 127 / 211 | 60.2% | 38.9% | 88 / 190 | 46.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 39 / 49 | 79.6% | 71.7% | 39 / 62 | 62.9% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 30 / 34 | 88.2% | 83.3% | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Belgaroui L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Bekoev L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 36 / 130 | 27.7% | 39.5% | 163 / 246 | 66.3% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 21 / 27 | 77.8% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 22 / 27 | 81.5% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 28 / 116 | 24.1% | 37.9% | 143 / 230 | 62.2% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 32 / 37 | 86.5% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 31 / 33 | 93.9% | 82.1% |
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 — Bekoev has more cage time on record.