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Andreas Michailidis vs. Alex Pereira

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 10-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
10-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
6'4"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
52.5
Layoff (months)Δ 48.3 mo
4.2
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Pereira carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alex Pereira rarely shoots — 0.11 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Andreas Michailidis

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 145

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.28 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Alex Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 102
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.8 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1172.90/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6975.01/min · norm 3.48
1443.57/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5183.72/min · norm 3.37
51.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
61.4%norm 48.45%
44.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.75/15 · norm 0.40

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

Andreas Michailidis

Distance 88.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 10.0%)

Alex Pereira

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 10.6%)

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

Andreas Michailidis

Head 70.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Pereira

Head 59.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Michailidis L/AAccMiddleweight med Pereira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 98 / 201 48.8% 40.5% 566 / 975 58.1% 41.5%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 70.6% 72 / 83 86.7% 70.8%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.4% 59 / 78 75.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 161 39.8% 38.8% 326 / 672 48.5% 39.2%
To the body 31 / 40 77.5% 71.6% 180 / 225 80.0% 72.0%
To the legs 22 / 26 84.6% 83.3% 191 / 239 79.9% 82.1%

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: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Michailidis L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 201 46.8% 39.5% 444 / 994 44.7% 40.6%
In the clinch 32 / 37 86.5% 70.4% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.8%
On the ground 18 / 21 too few to rate 69.0% 33 / 40 82.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 47 / 135 34.8% 37.9% 283 / 781 36.2% 37.7%
To the body 31 / 42 73.8% 71.3% 118 / 177 66.7% 72.9%
To the legs 66 / 82 80.5% 82.1% 117 / 134 87.3% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
327.3% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.11/15 · norm 0.87
550.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3680.0% def · norm 66.7%
6:4616.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
2:381.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
13:164:56 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
31:133:21 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.22/15 · norm 0.28

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