Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 5 yrs
36
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
79"
ReachΔ 5"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
9.7
Layoff (months)Δ 6.9 mo
2.8
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Danny Barlow rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Danny Barlow outworks the Welterweight division — 5.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Nikolay Veretennikov rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Danny Barlow

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Nikolay Veretennikov

Full career not yet synced for Nikolay Veretennikov — 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 +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2505.62/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1522.56/min · norm 3.17
2064.63/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2023.40/min · norm 3.06
51.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
53.7%norm 44.9%
52.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
44.0%norm 55.25%
10.34/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Danny Barlow

Distance 97.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 8.1%)

Nikolay Veretennikov

Distance 81.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Danny Barlow

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.4% (norm 8.4%)

Nikolay Veretennikov

Head 67.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barlow L/AAccWelterweight med Veretennikov L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 241 / 473 51.0% 38.6% 110 / 231 47.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.8% 34 / 38 89.5% 67.8%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.2% 8 / 14 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 376 44.7% 37.2% 77 / 192 40.1% 37.2%
To the body 34 / 49 69.4% 70.7% 61 / 77 79.2% 70.7%
To the legs 48 / 60 80.0% 82.9% 14 / 14 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Barlow L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Veretennikov L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 194 / 417 46.5% 39.0% 113 / 246 45.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 6 / 6 too few to rate 68.9% 8 / 12 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 81 / 103 78.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 133 / 337 39.5% 35.6% 150 / 276 54.3% 35.6%
To the body 51 / 70 72.9% 69.6% 22 / 38 57.9% 69.6%
To the legs 22 / 25 88.0% 82.1% 30 / 47 63.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.27
4100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1866.7% def · norm 63.9%
1:293.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:486.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:070:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
28:557:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.50/15 · norm 0.45

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