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Brando Pericic vs.
Elisha Ellison

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

3-0-0 Brando Pericic · UFC
0-2-0 Elisha Ellison · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-0-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
32
AgeΔ 2.6 yrs
29.4
6'5"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
79"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
0.9
WWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Elisha Ellison absorbs 15.79 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Brando Pericic carries real power — 1.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Brando Pericic outworks the Heavyweight division — 11.00 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 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.

Brando Pericic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.57 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 8 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Elisha Ellison

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13711.00/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
163.61/min · norm 3.36
534.26/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
7015.79/min · norm 3.19
57.6%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
38.1%norm 47.8%
58.3%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
34.0%norm 52.5%
11.20/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Brando Pericic

Distance 75.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 9.3%)

Elisha Ellison

Distance 85.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Brando Pericic

Head 82.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.6%)

Elisha Ellison

Head 90.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pericic L/AAccHeavyweight med Ellison L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 97 / 179 54.2% 40.1% 11 / 36 30.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 70.6% 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 196 50.0% 38.9% 12 / 38 31.6% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 25 88.0% 76.8% 4 / 4 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 87.8% 0 / 0 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 (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 Pericic L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Ellison L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 43 / 115 37.4% 40.7% 39 / 60 65.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 70.6% 24 / 34 70.6% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0% 7 / 12 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 37 / 110 33.6% 38.8% 48 / 81 59.3% 38.8%
To the body 14 / 15 too few to rate 75.1% 14 / 17 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 84.4% 8 / 8 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
571.4% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
0:486.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:134.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
4:295:24 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
0:392:11 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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