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Alex Perez vs. Mark De La Rosa

UFC 8-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34
AgeΔ 2 yrs
32
5'6"
HeightΔ 0"
5'6"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 74.5 mo
76.2
LNCWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Perez carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Alex Perez hunts takedowns — 2.36 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Mark De La Rosa rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alex Perez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Mark De La Rosa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.76 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4553.77/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2613.13/min · norm 3.52
3833.17/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4175.00/min · norm 3.58
44.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
35.5%norm 43.5%
58.2%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
48.9%norm 56.6%
60.75/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Alex Perez

Distance 83.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 7.3%)

Mark De La Rosa

Distance 90.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.4%)

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

Alex Perez

Head 72.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 13.0% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.3%)

Mark De La Rosa

Head 79.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Perez L/AAccFlyweight med De La Rosa L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 334 / 852 39.2% 39.9% 220 / 668 32.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 59 / 87 67.8% 70.1% 26 / 50 52.0% 69.0%
On the ground 62 / 81 76.5% 69.7% 15 / 18 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 267 / 739 36.1% 37.6% 159 / 587 27.1% 35.3%
To the body 82 / 133 61.7% 68.5% 52 / 77 67.5% 66.9%
To the legs 106 / 148 71.6% 80.0% 50 / 72 69.4% 79.2%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Perez L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs De La Rosa L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 308 / 815 37.8% 39.9% 294 / 655 44.9% 39.4%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 68.8% 56 / 69 81.2% 70.6%
On the ground 51 / 68 75.0% 70.4% 67 / 92 72.8% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 258 / 739 34.9% 35.4% 282 / 632 44.6% 34.9%
To the body 69 / 102 67.6% 67.9% 50 / 74 67.6% 66.1%
To the legs 56 / 75 74.7% 80.2% 85 / 110 77.3% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1946.3% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
313.6% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.12
2974.4% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
440.0% def · norm 65.7%
35:4229.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
9:3611.5% of cage time · norm 17.8%
11:111:23 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
19:363:31 per 15 · norm 2:24
50.62/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.28

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