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Andre Ewell vs.
Renan Barao

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

4-5-0 Andre Ewell · UFC
9-8-0 Renan Barao · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
55.6
Layoff (months)Δ 25.1 mo
80.7
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Andre Ewell rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Andre Ewell is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 42% land, vs a 69% Bantamweight norm.
Renan Barao hunts takedowns — 1.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Andre Ewell

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Renan Barao

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

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5404.28/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9223.92/min · norm 3.52
6154.87/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
9574.07/min · norm 3.58
40.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
36.8%norm 43.4%
51.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 56.6%
10.12/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
40.25/15 · norm 0.30

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

Andre Ewell

Distance 97.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

Renan Barao

Distance 90.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Andre Ewell

Head 75.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Renan Barao

Head 75.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ewell L/AAccBantamweight med Barao L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 528 / 1319 40.0% 39.0% 772 / 2279 33.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 26 42.3% 68.7% 107 / 160 66.9% 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 43 / 69 62.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 317 / 1023 31.0% 34.9% 538 / 1893 28.4% 34.9%
To the body 165 / 253 65.2% 66.8% 211 / 376 56.1% 66.8%
To the legs 58 / 73 79.5% 79.4% 173 / 239 72.4% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Ewell L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Barao L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 471 / 1081 43.6% 39.3% 816 / 2086 39.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 61 / 78 78.2% 70.4% 84 / 119 70.6% 70.4%
On the ground 83 / 106 78.3% 72.4% 57 / 74 77.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 321 / 850 37.8% 34.9% 654 / 1854 35.3% 34.9%
To the body 133 / 200 66.5% 66.0% 178 / 270 65.9% 66.0%
To the legs 161 / 215 74.9% 79.1% 125 / 155 80.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

375.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2440.7% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.12
2472.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3792.5% def · norm 66.7%
4:373.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
36:5915.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
24:272:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
28:001:47 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.12/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.32/15 · norm 0.28

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

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