Francisco Trinaldo vs. Akbarh Arreola

UFC 18-8-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-8-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
47
AgeΔ 4 yrs
43
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
46.2
Layoff (months)Δ 82.6 mo
128.8
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Akbarh Arreola carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Akbarh Arreola's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Francisco Trinaldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 188
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Akbarh Arreola

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 268

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.56 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 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

10093.13/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
972.32/min · norm 3.42
8602.67/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1684.01/min · norm 3.37
45.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 43.5%
60.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.9%norm 56.3%
50.23/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.72/15 · norm 0.25

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

Akbarh Arreola

Distance 81.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Akbarh Arreola

Head 70.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med Arreola L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 703 / 1789 39.3% 37.9% 70 / 174 40.2% 37.9%
In the clinch 168 / 238 70.6% 67.3% 4 / 7 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 138 / 203 68.0% 69.1% 23 / 33 69.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.0% 51 / 150 34.0% 35.0%
To the body 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1% 26 / 37 70.3% 69.1%
To the legs 116 / 132 87.9% 81.9% 20 / 27 74.1% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Arreola L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.9% 69 / 229 30.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6% 31 / 45 68.9% 68.6%
On the ground 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0% 68 / 116 58.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.1% 104 / 299 34.8% 35.1%
To the body 249 / 390 63.8% 68.1% 18 / 34 52.9% 68.1%
To the legs 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5% 46 / 57 80.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.38
4460.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 64.0%
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
2:546.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
18:236:35 per 15 · norm 2:46
110.51/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.36/15 · norm 0.49

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