Igor Araujo vs. Sean Strickland
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Igor Araujo
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 22 | 8 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Sean Strickland
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 18 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.46 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts
In the UFC: 16-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Igor Araujo
Distance 62.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.8% (norm 8.1%)
Sean Strickland
Distance 94.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Igor Araujo
Head 61.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.8% (norm 8.4%)
Sean Strickland
Head 88.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Araujo L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Strickland L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 49 / 119 | 41.2% | 38.6% | 2239 / 5415 | 41.3% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 20 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 78 / 117 | 66.7% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 21 / 51 | 41.2% | 67.2% | 113 / 185 | 61.1% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 37 / 116 | 31.9% | 37.2% | 1963 / 5036 | 39.0% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 23 / 44 | 52.3% | 70.7% | 343 / 523 | 65.6% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 20 / 30 | 66.7% | 82.9% | 124 / 158 | 78.5% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Araujo L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Strickland L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 46 / 153 | 30.1% | 39.0% | 1738 / 4517 | 38.5% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 31 / 46 | 67.4% | 68.9% | 50 / 77 | 64.9% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 73 / 100 | 73.0% | 68.0% | 54 / 87 | 62.1% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 113 / 254 | 44.5% | 35.6% | 769 / 3096 | 24.8% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 23 / 27 | 85.2% | 69.6% | 631 / 1021 | 61.8% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 14 / 18 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 442 / 564 | 78.4% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Strickland has more cage time on record.