Darren Stewart vs. Charles Byrd

UFC 5-7-0 (2 NC) vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-7-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 7 yrs
42
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
59.3
Layoff (months)Δ 14.7 mo
74
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charles Byrd owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Charles Byrd's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 48% of their head shots on Darren Stewart, vs a 38% Middleweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Darren Stewart

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 57
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Charles Byrd

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 43

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3923.05/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
613.38/min · norm 3.25
4223.29/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
663.66/min · norm 3.20
45.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
56.5%norm 47.4%
48.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 53.8%
20.23/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Darren Stewart

Distance 72.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.3%)

Charles Byrd

Distance 63.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 19.4% (norm 10.3%)

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

Darren Stewart

Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 8.4%)

Charles Byrd

Head 90.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stewart L/AAccMiddleweight med Byrd L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 625 35.7% 40.5% 33 / 68 48.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 116 / 151 76.8% 70.3% 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 53 / 84 63.1% 69.1% 15 / 21 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 678 36.6% 38.9% 53 / 98 54.1% 38.9%
To the body 58 / 73 79.5% 71.7% 4 / 5 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 86 / 109 78.9% 83.3% 4 / 5 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 Stewart L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Byrd L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 236 / 568 41.5% 39.5% 30 / 97 30.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 128 / 178 71.9% 70.9% 26 / 30 86.7% 70.9%
On the ground 58 / 74 78.4% 69.0% 10 / 19 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 316 / 661 47.8% 37.9% 50 / 127 39.4% 37.9%
To the body 64 / 102 62.7% 71.3% 15 / 17 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 57 73.7% 82.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1545.5% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 1.66/15 · norm 1.42
5467.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
20:4516.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
8:3347.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
44:255:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:542:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.12/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.83/15 · norm 0.47

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