Yousri Belgaroui vs. Mansur Abdul-Malik

UFC 2-0-0 vs. 3-1-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-0-0
UFC record
3-1-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
34
AgeΔ 6 yrs
28
6'5"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
79"
ReachΔ 1"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
4.4
WW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWDWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yousri Belgaroui carries real power — 1.22 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Yousri Belgaroui outworks the Middleweight division — 7.98 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Mansur Abdul-Malik is wasteful with body shots — only 36% land, vs a 72% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yousri Belgaroui

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Full career not yet synced for Mansur Abdul-Malik — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1967.98/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1012.76/min · norm 3.25
401.63/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1584.32/min · norm 3.20
66.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 47.4%
70.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.6%norm 53.8%
21.22/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.41/15 · norm 0.32

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

Yousri Belgaroui

Distance 89.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 10.3%)

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Distance 62.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 27.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Yousri Belgaroui

Head 71.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 8.4%)

Mansur Abdul-Malik

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Belgaroui L/AAccMiddleweight med Abdul-Malik L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 169 / 263 64.3% 40.5% 44 / 150 29.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 21 / 24 too few to rate 70.3% 16 / 26 61.5% 70.3%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.1% 41 / 66 62.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 211 60.2% 38.9% 84 / 206 40.8% 38.9%
To the body 39 / 49 79.6% 71.7% 9 / 25 36.0% 71.7%
To the legs 30 / 34 88.2% 83.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Belgaroui L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Abdul-Malik L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 130 27.7% 39.5% 136 / 253 53.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.9% 20 / 24 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0% 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 116 24.1% 37.9% 81 / 178 45.5% 37.9%
To the body 7 / 13 too few to rate 71.3% 26 / 46 56.5% 71.3%
To the legs 5 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 51 / 56 91.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
541.7% acc · 2.05/15 · norm 1.42
956.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
990.0% def · norm 63.1%
1:396.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
4:5813.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
5:253:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
4:041:40 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.41/15 · norm 0.47

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