Vitor Belfort vs. Marvin Eastman
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Vitor Belfort
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 10 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 40 documented bouts
In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500
Marvin Eastman
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 11 |
Tier-weighted record quality: -0.03 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Vitor Belfort
Distance 59.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 10.3%)
Marvin Eastman
Distance 67.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 32.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Vitor Belfort
Head 88.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)
Marvin Eastman
Head 78.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Belfort L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Eastman L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 127 / 359 | 35.4% | 40.5% | 20 / 134 | 14.9% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 68 / 117 | 58.1% | 70.3% | 49 / 65 | 75.4% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 92 / 131 | 70.2% | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 231 / 534 | 43.3% | 38.9% | 31 / 156 | 19.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 34 / 48 | 70.8% | 71.7% | 20 / 21 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 22 / 25 | 88.0% | 83.3% | 18 / 22 | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Belfort L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Eastman L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 195 / 499 | 39.1% | 39.5% | 25 / 95 | 26.3% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 88 / 132 | 66.7% | 70.9% | 91 / 109 | 83.5% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 218 / 304 | 71.7% | 69.0% | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 335 / 719 | 46.6% | 37.9% | 66 / 151 | 43.7% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 52 / 80 | 65.0% | 71.3% | 41 / 45 | 91.1% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 114 / 136 | 83.8% | 82.1% | 17 / 18 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Belfort has more cage time on record.