Maki Pitolo vs. Impa Kasanganay

UFC 1-5-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-5-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 3 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
56.1
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
58.6
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Maki Pitolo is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Maki Pitolo hunts takedowns — 2.30 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Impa Kasanganay absorbs 4.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Maki Pitolo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 3 — regional circuit 137

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.17 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

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

Impa Kasanganay

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2173.70/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1324.38/min · norm 3.17
2283.88/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1374.55/min · norm 3.06
42.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
40.4%norm 44.9%
55.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Maki Pitolo

Distance 93.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 10.3%)

Impa Kasanganay

Distance 96.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Maki Pitolo

Head 81.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Impa Kasanganay

Head 83.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pitolo L/AAccMiddleweight med Kasanganay L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 477 40.5% 40.5% 126 / 316 39.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 13 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 6 / 11 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 11 / 20 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 151 / 419 36.0% 38.9% 101 / 274 36.9% 37.2%
To the body 52 / 77 67.5% 71.7% 18 / 38 47.4% 70.7%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 83.3% 13 / 15 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Pitolo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Kasanganay L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 170 / 428 39.7% 39.5% 117 / 311 37.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 22 / 29 75.9% 70.9% 8 / 12 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 36 / 53 67.9% 69.0% 12 / 14 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 456 43.0% 37.9% 95 / 273 34.8% 35.6%
To the body 21 / 42 50.0% 71.3% 28 / 48 58.3% 69.6%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.1% 14 / 16 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
952.9% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.27
550.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
266.7% def · norm 63.9%
13:0622.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
3:0910.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:334:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
2:361:17 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.77/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.45

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