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Adrian Serrano vs.
Shonie Carter

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-1-0 Adrian Serrano · UFC
3-3-0 Shonie Carter · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-1-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
62.6
AgeΔ 8.3 yrs
54.3
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
Reach
Stance
Southpaw
313.9
Layoff (months)Δ 78.2 mo
235.7
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Adrian Serrano rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Shonie Carter hunts takedowns — 2.49 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Adrian Serrano owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Adrian Serrano

Full career not yet synced for Adrian Serrano — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Shonie Carter

Full career not yet synced for Shonie Carter — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

60.60/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1131.88/min · norm 3.17
262.60/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1111.84/min · norm 3.06
26.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.1%norm 44.9%
52.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.50/15 · norm 0.38

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

Adrian Serrano

Distance 65.2% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 34.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Shonie Carter

Distance 74.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Adrian Serrano

Head 69.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 30.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Shonie Carter

Head 66.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Serrano L/AAccWelterweight med Carter L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 15 too few to rate 38.6% 76 / 205 37.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 8 too few to rate 67.8% 21 / 31 67.7% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 16 / 39 41.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 16 too few to rate 37.2% 44 / 182 24.2% 37.2%
To the body 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.7% 25 / 37 67.6% 70.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.9% 44 / 56 78.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Serrano L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Carter L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 21 / 44 47.7% 39.0% 76 / 182 41.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.9% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.9%
On the ground 2 / 6 too few to rate 68.0% 9 / 11 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 41 36.6% 35.6% 76 / 186 40.9% 35.6%
To the body 5 / 7 too few to rate 69.6% 20 / 27 74.1% 69.6%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 82.1% 15 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1066.7% acc · 2.49/15 · norm 1.27
350.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1680.0% def · norm 63.9%
3:0731.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
17:0628.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
2:003:00 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:353:53 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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