Julian Erosa vs. Hakeem Dawodu

UFC 9-9-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-9-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
35
6'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
4.4
Layoff (months)Δ 31.5 mo
35.9
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Hakeem Dawodu rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Julian Erosa absorbs 6.23 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Julian Erosa outworks the Featherweight division — 6.06 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Julian Erosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 213

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 26 finish wins over 44 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Hakeem Dawodu

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8556.06/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
7345.45/min · norm 3.54
8786.23/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4543.37/min · norm 3.47
48.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
50.9%norm 45.0%
49.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.6%norm 54.85%
10.11/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.29

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

Julian Erosa

Distance 85.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 6.5%)

Hakeem Dawodu

Distance 89.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Julian Erosa

Head 78.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 7.8%)

Hakeem Dawodu

Head 63.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Erosa L/AAccFeatherweight med Dawodu L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 664 / 1528 43.5% 40.9% 615 / 1294 47.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 139 / 196 70.9% 70.8% 114 / 144 79.2% 70.8%
On the ground 52 / 59 88.1% 69.2% 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 566 / 1394 40.6% 37.2% 338 / 913 37.0% 37.2%
To the body 208 / 292 71.2% 68.2% 215 / 307 70.0% 68.2%
To the legs 81 / 97 83.5% 80.7% 181 / 223 81.2% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Erosa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Dawodu L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 738 / 1504 49.1% 39.2% 351 / 901 39.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 83 / 133 62.4% 70.3% 75 / 113 66.4% 70.3%
On the ground 57 / 93 61.3% 69.4% 28 / 31 90.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 643 / 1431 44.9% 35.9% 301 / 839 35.9% 35.9%
To the body 115 / 153 75.2% 67.9% 110 / 142 77.5% 67.9%
To the legs 120 / 146 82.2% 81.5% 43 / 64 67.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1744.7% acc · 1.81/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
2461.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3265.3% def · norm 61.5%
21:4115.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
13:119.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
19:272:04 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
20:212:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
70.74/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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