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Anthony Perosh vs.
Jeff Monson

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

5-7-0 Anthony Perosh · UFC
4-3-0 Jeff Monson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-7-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
53.8
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
55.5
6'3"
HeightΔ 6"
5'9"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
128.7
Layoff (months)Δ 107.9 mo
236.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Anthony Perosh is a submission threat — 1.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jeff Monson is a submission threat — 0.53 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Anthony Perosh hunts takedowns — 2.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

Anthony Perosh

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Jeff Monson

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1512.27/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
1161.36/min · norm 3.36
2513.77/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1912.24/min · norm 3.19
43.1%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
38.8%norm 47.8%
53.9%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
58.7%norm 52.5%
20.45/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.28

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

Anthony Perosh

Distance 60.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 28.3% (norm 10.4%)

Jeff Monson

Distance 53.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 31.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Anthony Perosh

Head 92.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 1.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 9.7%)

Jeff Monson

Head 82.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Perosh L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Monson L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 64 / 213 30.0% 41.4% 29 / 159 18.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 23 / 38 60.5% 70.9% 32 / 47 68.1% 70.6%
On the ground 64 / 99 64.6% 72.3% 55 / 93 59.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 323 39.3% 38.9% 70 / 247 28.3% 38.9%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 71.9% 34 / 39 87.2% 76.8%
To the legs 21 / 21 too few to rate 81.8% 12 / 13 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Perosh L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Monson L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 115 / 347 33.1% 40.4% 105 / 351 29.9% 40.7%
In the clinch 46 / 69 66.7% 68.7% 35 / 49 71.4% 70.6%
On the ground 90 / 129 69.8% 70.4% 51 / 62 82.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 210 / 495 42.4% 37.5% 96 / 358 26.8% 38.8%
To the body 30 / 38 78.9% 72.3% 31 / 32 96.9% 75.1%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 83.0% 64 / 72 88.9% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

922.5% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
817.0% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 0.95
233.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
770.0% def · norm 64.3%
15:3223.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
27:2232.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
20:264:36 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
18:133:12 per 15 · norm 2:28
51.13/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
30.53/15 · norm 0.16

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

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