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Brandon Vera vs. Justin Eilers

UFC 8-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
49
AgeΔ 1 yrs
48
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
78"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
157.6
Layoff (months)Δ 90.9 mo
248.5
LLWNCL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Justin Eilers carries real power — 1.44 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Justin Eilers absorbs 6.65 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Brandon Vera carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brandon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Justin Eilers

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 184

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5033.07/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
201.93/min · norm 3.28
4802.93/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
696.65/min · norm 3.19
55.8%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
30.8%norm 47.5%
52.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
47.7%norm 52.5%
70.64/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
11.44/15 · norm 0.29

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

Brandon Vera

Distance 68.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 24.5% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 10.6%)

Justin Eilers

Distance 78.5% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 20.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Brandon Vera

Head 56.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 23.5% (norm 9.7%)

Justin Eilers

Head 76.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 16.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vera L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Eilers L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 289 / 621 46.5% 41.5% 7 / 51 13.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 171 / 221 77.4% 70.8% 12 / 13 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 43 / 59 72.9% 72.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 511 35.6% 39.2% 11 / 50 22.0% 39.0%
To the body 141 / 178 79.2% 72.0% 0 / 4 too few to rate 77.0%
To the legs 180 / 212 84.9% 82.1% 9 / 11 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: 94 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 Vera L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Eilers L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 572 33.7% 40.6% 49 / 107 45.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 198 / 284 69.7% 68.8% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 89 / 154 57.8% 70.4% 5 / 5 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 283 / 764 37.0% 37.7% 38 / 95 40.0% 39.3%
To the body 95 / 118 80.5% 72.9% 11 / 13 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 102 / 128 79.7% 83.1% 20 / 24 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
853.3% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.90
2960.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.2%
26:4016.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
1:5518.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
62:085:40 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:210:30 per 15 · norm 2:28
20.18/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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