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Adrian Yanez vs.
Vinicius Salvador

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

7-3-1 Adrian Yanez · UFC
0-3-0 Vinicius Salvador · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-3-1
UFC record
0-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32.7
AgeΔ 2.7 yrs
30
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.9
Layoff (months)Δ 25.7 mo
26.6
WDLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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 Yanez carries real power — 1.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Adrian Yanez rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Vinicius Salvador absorbs 6.31 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
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 Yanez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 43
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.35 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Vinicius Salvador

Full career not yet synced for Vinicius Salvador — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5045.92/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1524.64/min · norm 3.49
4455.23/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2076.31/min · norm 3.24
41.8%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.3%norm 44.6%
56.5%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
41.7%norm 56.4%
81.41/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Adrian Yanez

Distance 93.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Vinicius Salvador

Distance 96.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 7.3%)

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

Adrian Yanez

Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Vinicius Salvador

Head 76.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 14.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yanez L/AAccBantamweight med Salvador L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 459 / 1130 40.6% 39.0% 143 / 347 41.2% 40.0%
In the clinch 9 / 18 too few to rate 68.7% 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 59 61.0% 70.2% 4 / 4 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 373 / 1028 36.3% 34.9% 86 / 276 31.2% 37.6%
To the body 64 / 105 61.0% 66.8% 40 / 52 76.9% 68.5%
To the legs 67 / 74 90.5% 79.4% 26 / 31 83.9% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Yanez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Salvador L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 427 / 997 42.8% 39.3% 173 / 310 55.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 7 / 13 too few to rate 70.4% 9 / 11 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 11 / 14 too few to rate 72.4% 25 / 34 73.5% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 771 36.1% 34.9% 98 / 216 45.4% 35.2%
To the body 83 / 143 58.0% 66.0% 60 / 86 69.8% 68.2%
To the legs 84 / 110 76.4% 79.1% 49 / 53 92.5% 80.3%
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 1.12
Takedowns landed
112.5% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.30
1275.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1986.4% def · norm 62.5%
2:042.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
0:221.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
6:581:13 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
5:212:26 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.58

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

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