Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan De Castro

UFC 4-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
6'5"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
80"
ReachΔ 6"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
53.1
Layoff (months)Δ 10.8 mo
63.9
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yorgan De Castro rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Greg Hardy rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Yorgan De Castro carries real power — 0.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Greg Hardy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 65
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.82 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Yorgan De Castro

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3434.60/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
782.22/min · norm 3.36
2453.29/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1494.23/min · norm 3.19
49.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 47.8%
55.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 52.5%
10.20/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.43/15 · norm 0.28

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

Greg Hardy

Distance 84.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.1% (norm 9.3%)

Yorgan De Castro

Distance 97.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Greg Hardy

Head 73.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 7.6%)

Yorgan De Castro

Head 71.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 18.2% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hardy L/AAccHeavyweight med Castro L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 257 / 581 44.2% 40.1% 78 / 187 41.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 14 / 17 too few to rate 70.6% 0 / 5 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 72 / 90 80.0% 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 506 40.1% 38.9% 34 / 137 24.8% 38.9%
To the body 51 / 71 71.8% 76.8% 12 / 20 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 89 / 111 80.2% 87.8% 32 / 35 91.4% 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 Hardy L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Castro L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 206 / 489 42.1% 40.7% 130 / 298 43.6% 40.7%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 70.6% 18 / 23 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 54 70.4% 72.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 140 / 408 34.3% 38.8% 68 / 219 31.1% 38.8%
To the body 51 / 75 68.0% 75.1% 37 / 50 74.0% 75.1%
To the legs 54 / 63 85.7% 84.4% 44 / 53 83.0% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
964.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
5:257.3% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
3:3310.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
5:171:03 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:121:47 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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