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Alex Oliveira vs. Ryan LaFlare

UFC 11-10-0 (1 NC) vs. 7-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
7-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38
AgeΔ 5 yrs
43
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
55.5
Layoff (months)Δ 41 mo
96.5
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Oliveira hunts takedowns — 2.35 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Alex Oliveira owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Ryan LaFlare hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alex Oliveira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 3 — regional circuit 159

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 48 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Ryan LaFlare

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.31 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6292.99/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4272.89/min · norm 3.17
5372.55/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2751.86/min · norm 3.08
51.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
40.1%norm 44.75%
46.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
63.2%norm 55.25%
60.43/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.20/15 · norm 0.38

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

Alex Oliveira

Distance 69.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 17.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

Ryan LaFlare

Distance 77.0% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Alex Oliveira

Head 71.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.0%)

Ryan LaFlare

Head 69.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 24.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oliveira L/AAccWelterweight med LaFlare L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 374 / 857 43.6% 38.5% 277 / 819 33.8% 38.5%
In the clinch 142 / 209 67.9% 67.8% 75 / 130 57.7% 67.8%
On the ground 113 / 164 68.9% 67.0% 75 / 115 65.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 356 / 884 40.3% 36.4% 208 / 738 28.2% 36.4%
To the body 158 / 218 72.5% 70.7% 169 / 263 64.3% 70.7%
To the legs 115 / 128 89.8% 83.0% 50 / 63 79.4% 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Oliveira L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs LaFlare L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 704 43.0% 39.1% 187 / 610 30.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 108 / 141 76.6% 68.9% 35 / 64 54.7% 68.9%
On the ground 126 / 162 77.8% 68.0% 53 / 73 72.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 328 / 737 44.5% 35.6% 187 / 612 30.6% 35.6%
To the body 90 / 135 66.7% 69.6% 47 / 84 56.0% 69.6%
To the legs 119 / 135 88.1% 82.2% 41 / 51 80.4% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3338.4% acc · 2.35/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
2144.7% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.31
3063.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2359.0% def · norm 63.9%
69:2733.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
42:1028.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
52:553:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
32:033:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
80.57/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
20.20/15 · norm 0.44

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