Alexandre Ferreira vs.
Vladimir Matyushenko
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Alexandre Ferreira
Full career not yet synced for Alexandre Ferreira — 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 +2.0 wins over .500
Vladimir Matyushenko
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 19 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alexandre Ferreira
Distance 50.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 50.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)
Vladimir Matyushenko
Distance 66.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 24.3% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alexandre Ferreira
Head 30.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 50.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 9.7%)
Vladimir Matyushenko
Head 85.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ferreira L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Matyushenko L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 41.4% | 95 / 277 | 34.3% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 28 / 41 | 68.3% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 70 / 102 | 68.6% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1 / 3 | too few to rate | 38.9% | 143 / 359 | 39.8% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.9% | 18 / 24 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 32 / 37 | 86.5% | 81.8% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Ferreira L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Matyushenko L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 3 / 9 | too few to rate | 40.4% | 67 / 248 | 27.0% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 57 / 64 | 89.1% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 33 / 48 | 68.8% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 19 / 32 | 59.4% | 37.5% | 76 / 267 | 28.5% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 24 / 32 | 75.0% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 57 / 61 | 93.4% | 83.0% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Matyushenko has more cage time on record.