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Andre Petroski 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.

8-5-0 Andre Petroski · UFC
10-6-0 Michel Pereira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-5-0
UFC record
10-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35.2
AgeΔ 2.4 yrs
32.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
2.7
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
1.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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 Petroski is a submission threat — 1.23 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Andre Petroski hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Michel Pereira absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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 Petroski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Michel Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 229

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3702.75/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
7524.28/min · norm 3.25
4022.99/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7594.32/min · norm 3.20
49.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 47.4%
51.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
10.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Andre Petroski

Distance 83.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.3%)

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 Petroski

Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.2% (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 Petroski L/AAccMiddleweight med Pereira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 278 / 628 44.3% 40.5% 629 / 1294 48.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.3% 83 / 99 83.8% 70.3%
On the ground 83 / 113 73.5% 69.1% 40 / 70 57.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 579 40.9% 38.9% 352 / 905 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 74 / 96 77.1% 71.7% 319 / 457 69.8% 71.7%
To the legs 59 / 77 76.6% 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Petroski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 319 / 700 45.6% 39.5% 557 / 1273 43.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 21 / 26 80.8% 70.9% 62 / 90 68.9% 70.9%
On the ground 62 / 103 60.2% 69.0% 140 / 177 79.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 658 42.7% 37.9% 471 / 1154 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 64 / 96 66.7% 71.3% 155 / 225 68.9% 71.3%
To the legs 57 / 75 76.0% 82.1% 133 / 161 82.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2852.8% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1352.0% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.42
1986.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4175.9% def · norm 63.1%
52:3239.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:428.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
7:540:52 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
28:232:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
111.23/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
70.60/15 · norm 0.47

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

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