Dylan Budka vs. Cesar Almeida

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
26
AgeΔ 12 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
17.7
Layoff (months)Δ 16.8 mo
0.9
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Cesar Almeida rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Dylan Budka is wasteful with strikes at range — only 21% land, vs a 40% Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 54% of their head shots on Dylan Budka, vs a 38% Middleweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dylan Budka

Full career not yet synced for Dylan Budka — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Cesar Almeida

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

190.80/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2133.48/min · norm 3.25
592.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1422.32/min · norm 3.20
25.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
60.0%norm 47.4%
40.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dylan Budka

Distance 94.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Cesar Almeida

Distance 81.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Dylan Budka

Head 86.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.7% (norm 8.4%)

Cesar Almeida

Head 51.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 29.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 18.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Budka L/AAccMiddleweight med Almeida L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 70 21.4% 40.5% 164 / 290 56.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 30 / 32 93.8% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 19 / 33 57.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 64 23.4% 38.9% 84 / 182 46.2% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 8 too few to rate 71.7% 76 / 106 71.7% 71.7%
To the legs 0 / 2 too few to rate 83.3% 53 / 67 79.1% 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 Budka L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Almeida L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 61 49.2% 39.5% 118 / 219 53.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 22 too few to rate 70.9% 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.0% 18 / 22 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 42 / 78 53.8% 37.9% 90 / 193 46.6% 37.9%
To the body 14 / 18 too few to rate 71.3% 29 / 34 85.3% 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 82.1% 23 / 23 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
350.0% acc · 1.89/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.42
240.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1648.5% def · norm 63.1%
5:5324.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
3:325.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
9:356:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
30:537:34 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.47

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