Kalib Starnes vs. Danny Abbadi
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kalib Starnes
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 8 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 29 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500
Danny Abbadi
Full career not yet synced for Danny Abbadi — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kalib Starnes
Distance 67.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 17.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 10.3%)
Danny Abbadi
Distance 81.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 15.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kalib Starnes
Head 71.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)
Danny Abbadi
Head 93.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Starnes L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Abbadi L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 69 / 192 | 35.9% | 40.5% | 42 / 127 | 33.1% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 49 | 87.8% | 70.3% | 14 / 24 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 27 / 45 | 60.0% | 69.1% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 76 / 204 | 37.3% | 38.9% | 51 / 145 | 35.2% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 42 / 58 | 72.4% | 71.7% | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 21 / 24 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Starnes L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Abbadi L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 147 / 354 | 41.5% | 39.5% | 46 / 133 | 34.6% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 64 / 106 | 60.4% | 70.9% | 17 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 16 / 24 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 16 / 32 | 50.0% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 120 / 352 | 34.1% | 37.9% | 59 / 166 | 35.5% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 43 / 61 | 70.5% | 71.3% | 17 / 19 | too few to rate | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 64 / 71 | 90.1% | 82.1% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Starnes has more cage time on record.