Dylan Andrews vs. Papy Abedi

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 2 yrs
48
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
74"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
135
Layoff (months)Δ 20.3 mo
155.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dylan Andrews carries real power — 1.21 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Papy Abedi is a submission threat — 1.30 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Papy Abedi hunts takedowns — 3.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dylan Andrews

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 168

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.28 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Papy Abedi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

822.21/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
972.80/min · norm 3.17
1012.72/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1093.15/min · norm 3.06
50.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 44.9%
46.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
48.6%norm 55.25%
31.21/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dylan Andrews

Distance 70.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.1% (norm 10.3%)

Papy Abedi

Distance 54.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 24.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dylan Andrews

Head 70.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 8.4%)

Papy Abedi

Head 59.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 31.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Andrews L/AAccMiddleweight med Abedi L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 45 / 115 39.1% 40.5% 36 / 95 37.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 19 / 25 76.0% 70.3% 34 / 43 79.1% 67.8%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1% 27 / 38 71.1% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 115 41.7% 38.9% 42 / 104 40.4% 37.2%
To the body 19 / 25 76.0% 71.7% 46 / 55 83.6% 70.7%
To the legs 15 / 23 too few to rate 83.3% 9 / 17 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Andrews L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Abedi L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 54 / 130 41.5% 39.5% 42 / 112 37.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 21 / 31 67.7% 70.9% 49 / 76 64.5% 68.9%
On the ground 26 / 29 89.7% 69.0% 18 / 24 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 158 48.7% 37.9% 67 / 161 41.6% 35.6%
To the body 18 / 24 too few to rate 71.3% 30 / 33 90.9% 69.6%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 12 / 18 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
750.0% acc · 2.83/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
857.1% acc · 3.47/15 · norm 1.27
857.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
450.0% def · norm 63.9%
5:5015.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
13:2738.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:376:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
6:502:57 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.40/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
31.30/15 · norm 0.45

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