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Amilcar Alves vs.
Charlie Brenneman

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

0-2-0 Amilcar Alves · UFC
4-7-0 Charlie Brenneman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38
AgeΔ 7.5 yrs
45.5
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
186.4
Layoff (months)Δ 45.5 mo
140.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL
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.

Charlie Brenneman owns the mat — in control 62% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Charlie Brenneman hunts takedowns — 4.23 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Amilcar Alves rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

Amilcar Alves

Full career not yet synced for Amilcar Alves — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Charlie Brenneman

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

140.50/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1291.52/min · norm 3.17
572.02/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1321.55/min · norm 3.06
46.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
56.6%norm 44.9%
30.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Amilcar Alves

Distance 66.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 20.0% (norm 8.1%)

Charlie Brenneman

Distance 44.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 39.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Amilcar Alves

Head 63.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)

Charlie Brenneman

Head 62.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 25.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alves L/AAccWelterweight med Brenneman L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 20 too few to rate 38.6% 31 / 101 30.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.8% 18 / 37 48.6% 67.8%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 80 / 90 88.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 8 / 19 too few to rate 37.2% 51 / 142 35.9% 37.2%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.7% 52 / 58 89.7% 70.7%
To the legs 2 / 6 too few to rate 82.9% 26 / 28 92.9% 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 Alves L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Brenneman L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2 / 13 too few to rate 39.0% 61 / 155 39.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 68.9% 27 / 41 65.9% 68.9%
On the ground 50 / 62 80.6% 68.0% 44 / 53 83.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 40 42.5% 35.6% 77 / 175 44.0% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 15 too few to rate 69.6% 38 / 50 76.0% 69.6%
To the legs 25 / 27 92.6% 82.1% 17 / 24 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
2442.1% acc · 4.23/15 · norm 1.27
853.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
52:3661.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
24:1612:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
12:122:08 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 — Brenneman has more cage time on record.

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