Chris Kelades vs. Chris Beal
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Chris Kelades
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Chris Beal
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.26 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 18 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Chris Kelades
Distance 69.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 7.3%)
Chris Beal
Distance 78.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Chris Kelades
Head 78.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 9.3%)
Chris Beal
Head 92.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Kelades L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Beal L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 70 / 220 | 31.8% | 40.0% | 146 / 495 | 29.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 35 / 45 | 77.8% | 70.4% | 30 / 52 | 57.7% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 34 / 53 | 64.2% | 69.7% | 50 / 82 | 61.0% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 87 / 249 | 34.9% | 37.6% | 192 / 582 | 33.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 38 / 51 | 74.5% | 68.5% | 28 / 41 | 68.3% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 14 / 18 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Kelades L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Beal L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 97 / 220 | 44.1% | 40.1% | 163 / 479 | 34.0% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 17 / 27 | 63.0% | 68.8% | 17 / 29 | 58.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 39 / 51 | 76.5% | 71.1% | 28 / 35 | 80.0% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 119 / 259 | 45.9% | 35.2% | 145 / 436 | 33.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 18 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 24 / 41 | 58.5% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 16 / 16 | too few to rate | 80.3% | 39 / 66 | 59.1% | 79.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Beal has more cage time on record.