Neil Seery vs. Chris Beal

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 2-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
46
AgeΔ 5 yrs
41
5'4"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
64"
ReachΔ 5"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
108.7
Layoff (months)Δ 12.9 mo
121.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Neil Seery is a submission threat — 1.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Neil Seery carries real power — 0.31 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Chris Beal hunts takedowns — 1.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Neil Seery

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 108

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.24 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Chris Beal

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 94

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.26 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3443.56/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2263.45/min · norm 3.52
3673.79/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2083.18/min · norm 3.58
41.1%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
35.9%norm 43.4%
58.9%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.6%
20.31/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.23/15 · norm 0.30

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

Neil Seery

Distance 84.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 7.3%)

Chris Beal

Distance 78.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Neil Seery

Head 89.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 5.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 9.3%)

Chris Beal

Head 92.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Seery L/AAccFlyweight med Beal L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 703 36.8% 40.0% 146 / 495 29.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 43 / 72 59.7% 70.4% 30 / 52 57.7% 68.7%
On the ground 42 / 61 68.9% 69.7% 50 / 82 61.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 292 / 746 39.1% 37.6% 192 / 582 33.0% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 48 47.9% 68.5% 28 / 41 68.3% 66.8%
To the legs 29 / 42 69.0% 80.0% 6 / 6 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Seery L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Beal L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 251 / 705 35.6% 40.1% 163 / 479 34.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 80 / 108 74.1% 68.8% 17 / 29 58.6% 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 80 45.0% 71.1% 28 / 35 80.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 703 30.9% 35.2% 145 / 436 33.3% 34.9%
To the body 92 / 127 72.4% 68.2% 24 / 41 58.5% 66.0%
To the legs 58 / 63 92.1% 80.3% 39 / 66 59.1% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
527.8% acc · 0.78/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
758.3% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.12
2853.8% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1878.3% def · norm 66.7%
6:356.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
16:1124.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
38:325:58 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
8:001:49 per 15 · norm 2:24
101.55/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.23/15 · norm 0.28

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