Middleweight

Yousri Belgaroui

10-3

Age
34
Height
6'6"
Reach
6'7"
Stance
Orthodox
Camp
Teixeira MMA & Fitness
Out of
Netherlands
Style
striker
Fight IQ
B · 74
Finish rate
0%
Win rate
77%

Career methods

KO/TKO
5
Sub
0
Dec
5

FightMetric

SLpM

6.10

SApM

2.47

Str Acc

66%

Str Def

56%

TD Avg

0.29

TD Acc

100%

TD Def

84%

Sub Avg

0.00

Tape read

Power striker

Fight IQ

74B

Built from FightMetric rates, method shares, and 6 loaded UFC rows. Timing and agility are tape proxies, not lab measurements.

IQ

B

Ground

D

Defense

B

Counter

C+

Reaction

proxy

C+

Agility

proxy

B+

TD react

B

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • Punching agility

    Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • Fight IQ

    Knows the assignment. Game plans hold up for 15 minutes; the adjustments are incremental, not chaotic.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

Scouting report

Yousri Belgaroui is a 34-year-old Orthodox middleweight out of Netherlands, camped at Teixeira MMA & Fitness. The tape read: power striker. Career mark 10-3-0 — 5 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission, 5 by decision. Fight IQ grades B (74).

What works. Durability is the standout at 84 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.29 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 56% / 2.47 SApM. Counter punching C+; punching agility B+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction B on 84% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 6 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (27, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

Recent tape (6 bouts): W 5211221 (KO/TKO R3) · W 5123963 (KO/TKO R3) · W 5224461 (KO/TKO R3) · W 5086821 (Decision - Unanimous R5) · W 5214600 (KO/TKO R1). Form index positive over the last 5. 4 of those wins reached the championship minutes — cardio and late IQ are real.

Ground game

27 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.29 takedowns / 15 at 100% accuracy
  • 0.00 submission attempts / 15 · 0 career sub wins

Striking defense

72 B

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 56% striking defense · 2.47 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 3 defeats

Counter punching

66 C+

Can punish a reaching opponent. Not a pure counter artist, but the return shot is live.

  • 66% accuracy on 6.10 SLpM
  • 0.65 knockdowns / 15 · 5 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

68 C+

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 56% · TD def 84% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.47 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

82 B+

Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • 6.10 SLpM at 66% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.47 SApM

Takedown reaction

68 B

Can stuff the first shot. Chain wrestling and the second entry are the real test.

  • 84% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 0 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

84 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 3 losses
  • 5 decision wins — proof they last and still score

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Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
Mar 29, 2026Fighter 5211221WKO/TKO3 3:3994/156
Oct 18, 2025Fighter 5123963WKO/TKO3 0:55102/138
Sep 11, 2024Fighter 5224461WKO/TKO3 2:3489/132
Feb 18, 2024Fighter 5086821WDecision - Unanimous5 5:000/0
Oct 29, 2023Fighter 5214600WKO/TKO1 4:590/0
Aug 30, 2023Fighter 5138111LDecision - Unanimous3 5:0033/69