Darren Stewart vs. Deron Winn

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-7-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
2-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
6'0"
HeightΔ 6"
5'6"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
59.3
Layoff (months)Δ 9.6 mo
49.7
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Deron Winn hunts takedowns — 4.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Deron Winn absorbs 6.21 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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

Deron Winn

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 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

3923.05/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3034.55/min · norm 3.25
4223.29/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
4146.21/min · norm 3.20
45.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 47.4%
48.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
46.0%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%)

Deron Winn

Distance 86.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.8% (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%)

Deron Winn

Head 86.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.2% (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 Winn L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 625 35.7% 40.5% 242 / 591 40.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 116 / 151 76.8% 70.3% 50 / 77 64.9% 70.3%
On the ground 53 / 84 63.1% 69.1% 11 / 12 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 678 36.6% 38.9% 221 / 585 37.8% 38.9%
To the body 58 / 73 79.5% 71.7% 60 / 73 82.2% 71.7%
To the legs 86 / 109 78.9% 83.3% 22 / 22 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 Winn L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 236 / 568 41.5% 39.5% 318 / 649 49.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 128 / 178 71.9% 70.9% 67 / 83 80.7% 70.9%
On the ground 58 / 74 78.4% 69.0% 29 / 35 82.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 316 / 661 47.8% 37.9% 338 / 684 49.4% 37.9%
To the body 64 / 102 62.7% 71.3% 68 / 75 90.7% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 57 73.7% 82.1% 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1545.5% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1952.8% acc · 4.28/15 · norm 1.42
5467.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
240.0% def · norm 63.1%
20:4516.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
19:0228.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
44:255:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:100:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.12/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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.