Darren Till vs. Donald Cerrone

UFC 6-5-1 vs. 23-14-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-1
UFC record
23-14-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33
AgeΔ 10 yrs
43
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
44
Layoff (months)Δ 5.2 mo
49.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Donald Cerrone carries real power — 0.84 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Darren Till rarely shoots — 0.55 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Donald Cerrone absorbs 5.11 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Darren Till

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 120

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Donald Cerrone

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2314
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 23 tier-1/2 wins · 27 finish wins over 55 documented bouts

In the UFC: 20-13 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3752.30/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
17484.90/min · norm 3.42
5403.31/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
18255.11/min · norm 3.37
46.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
47.4%norm 43.5%
56.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 56.3%
50.46/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
200.84/15 · norm 0.25

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

Darren Till

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 8.1%)

Donald Cerrone

Distance 89.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Darren Till

Head 81.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 8.4%)

Donald Cerrone

Head 71.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Till L/AAccWelterweight med Cerrone L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 284 / 669 42.5% 38.6% 1478 / 3290 44.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 39 / 61 63.9% 67.8% 151 / 229 65.9% 67.3%
On the ground 52 / 71 73.2% 67.2% 119 / 172 69.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 258 / 649 39.8% 37.2% 893 / 2630 34.0% 35.0%
To the body 52 / 71 73.2% 70.7% 442 / 589 75.0% 69.1%
To the legs 65 / 81 80.2% 82.9% 413 / 472 87.5% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Till L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Cerrone L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 278 / 874 31.8% 39.0% 1558 / 3375 46.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 122 / 171 71.3% 68.9% 211 / 305 69.2% 68.6%
On the ground 140 / 190 73.7% 68.0% 56 / 88 63.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 329 / 940 35.0% 35.6% 1069 / 2721 39.3% 35.1%
To the body 74 / 113 65.5% 69.6% 444 / 668 66.5% 68.1%
To the legs 137 / 182 75.3% 82.1% 312 / 379 82.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
646.2% acc · 0.55/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2428.9% acc · 1.01/15 · norm 1.38
3769.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6288.6% def · norm 64.0%
10:456.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:3610.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
31:232:52 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
19:550:50 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
110.46/15 · norm 0.49

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