David Mitchell vs. Yan Cabral

UFC 1-4-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-4-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
46
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
154
Layoff (months)Δ 31 mo
123
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
David Mitchell is a submission threat — 1.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Yan Cabral owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Yan Cabral is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

David Mitchell

Full career not yet synced for David Mitchell — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Yan Cabral

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 18 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

1181.74/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1151.77/min · norm 3.42
1402.06/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1392.14/min · norm 3.37
32.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.7%norm 43.5%
55.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
61.2%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.23/15 · norm 0.25

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

David Mitchell

Distance 77.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 8.1%)

Yan Cabral

Distance 67.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 21.5% (norm 8.0%)

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

David Mitchell

Head 83.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Yan Cabral

Head 86.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mitchell L/AAccWelterweight med Cabral L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 281 24.6% 38.6% 58 / 166 34.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 28 / 48 58.3% 67.8% 19 / 27 70.4% 67.3%
On the ground 21 / 34 61.8% 67.2% 38 / 53 71.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 302 26.2% 37.2% 88 / 213 41.3% 35.0%
To the body 28 / 39 71.8% 70.7% 14 / 19 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 11 / 22 too few to rate 82.9% 13 / 14 too few to rate 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 Mitchell L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Cabral L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 186 35.5% 39.0% 84 / 275 30.5% 38.9%
In the clinch 22 / 42 52.4% 68.9% 25 / 36 69.4% 68.6%
On the ground 52 / 89 58.4% 68.0% 30 / 47 63.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 275 39.6% 35.6% 88 / 283 31.1% 35.1%
To the body 14 / 22 too few to rate 69.6% 30 / 44 68.2% 68.1%
To the legs 17 / 20 too few to rate 82.1% 21 / 31 67.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1130.6% acc · 2.54/15 · norm 1.38
729.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
228.6% def · norm 64.0%
7:4011.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
28:5744.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
36:137:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
14:313:20 per 15 · norm 2:46
91.99/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.92/15 · norm 0.49

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