Jailton Almeida vs. Danilo Marques

UFC 8-3-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-3-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'6"
79"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6
Layoff (months)Δ 48 mo
54
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jailton Almeida is a submission threat — 1.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Jailton Almeida hunts takedowns — 5.57 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Danilo Marques hunts takedowns — 3.93 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jailton Almeida

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.43 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Danilo Marques

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2172.37/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
551.44/min · norm 3.41
1211.32/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
962.52/min · norm 3.35
63.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
79.7%norm 48.3%
44.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.2%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jailton Almeida

Distance 27.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 64.3% (norm 9.3%)

Danilo Marques

Distance 58.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 40.6% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jailton Almeida

Head 88.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.9% (norm 7.6%)

Danilo Marques

Head 75.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Almeida L/AAccHeavyweight med Marques L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 40 / 94 42.6% 40.1% 27 / 40 67.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 19 / 28 67.9% 70.6% 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 158 / 220 71.8% 70.2% 28 / 28 100.0% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 188 / 302 62.3% 38.9% 40 / 52 76.9% 38.9%
To the body 23 / 30 76.7% 76.8% 12 / 14 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 6 / 10 too few to rate 87.8% 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.8%

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 · Light 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 Almeida L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Marques L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 96 31.2% 40.7% 54 / 137 39.4% 40.4%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.6% 8 / 8 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 63 / 86 73.3% 72.0% 34 / 56 60.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 186 52.7% 38.8% 77 / 177 43.5% 37.5%
To the body 20 / 28 71.4% 75.1% 9 / 11 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 84.4% 10 / 13 too few to rate 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3454.8% acc · 5.57/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1028.6% acc · 3.93/15 · norm 0.87
266.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
64:0369.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
22:3759.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
12:462:05 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:221:43 per 15 · norm 2:48
101.64/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.79/15 · norm 0.27

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