Andre Fialho vs.
Michel Pereira
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.
Andre Fialho
Full career not yet synced for Andre Fialho — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Michel Pereira
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 22 | 9 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 49 documented bouts
In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 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)
Andre Fialho
Distance 90.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)
Michel Pereira
Distance 88.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Andre Fialho
Head 83.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)
Michel Pereira
Head 61.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Fialho L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Pereira L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 165 / 439 | 37.6% | 38.6% | 629 / 1294 | 48.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 36 | 88.9% | 67.8% | 83 / 99 | 83.8% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 5 / 11 | too few to rate | 67.2% | 40 / 70 | 57.1% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 140 / 404 | 34.7% | 37.2% | 352 / 905 | 38.9% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 39 / 56 | 69.6% | 70.7% | 319 / 457 | 69.8% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 23 / 26 | 88.5% | 82.9% | 81 / 101 | 80.2% | 83.3% |
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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Fialho L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Pereira L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 300 / 599 | 50.1% | 39.0% | 557 / 1273 | 43.8% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 45 / 58 | 77.6% | 68.9% | 62 / 90 | 68.9% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 38 / 50 | 76.0% | 68.0% | 140 / 177 | 79.1% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 224 / 503 | 44.5% | 35.6% | 471 / 1154 | 40.8% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 112 / 154 | 72.7% | 69.6% | 155 / 225 | 68.9% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 47 / 50 | 94.0% | 82.1% | 133 / 161 | 82.6% | 82.1% |
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 — Pereira has more cage time on record.