Don'Tale Mayes vs. Valter Walker

UFC 4-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 5-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 6 yrs
28
6'6"
HeightΔ 0"
6'6"
81"
ReachΔ 3"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
15.2
Layoff (months)Δ 14.7 mo
0.5
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Valter Walker is a submission threat — 3.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Valter Walker hunts takedowns — 5.39 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Don'Tale Mayes's takedown defense leaks — 31% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Don'Tale Mayes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Valter Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4212.81/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
481.92/min · norm 3.36
5353.57/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
672.67/min · norm 3.19
41.2%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.8%
47.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
43.2%norm 52.5%
20.20/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Don'Tale Mayes

Distance 91.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 9.3%)

Valter Walker

Distance 75.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Don'Tale Mayes

Head 72.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.6%)

Valter Walker

Head 70.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mayes L/AAccHeavyweight med Walker L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 360 / 934 38.5% 40.1% 34 / 69 49.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 50 / 68 73.5% 70.6% 5 / 12 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.2% 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 743 31.1% 38.9% 24 / 64 37.5% 38.9%
To the body 121 / 182 66.5% 76.8% 9 / 11 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 69 / 98 70.4% 87.8% 15 / 16 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Mayes L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Walker L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 376 / 795 47.3% 40.7% 63 / 111 56.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 94 / 125 75.2% 70.6% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 65 / 101 64.4% 72.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 323 / 760 42.5% 38.8% 33 / 81 40.7% 38.8%
To the body 127 / 159 79.9% 75.1% 17 / 20 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 85 / 102 83.3% 84.4% 17 / 17 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
746.7% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
969.2% acc · 5.39/15 · norm 0.95
1031.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
19:3713.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
13:1953.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
52:245:14 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
1:230:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
63.59/15 · norm 0.16

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