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Calvin Kattar vs.
Andre Fili

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

7-8-0 Calvin Kattar · UFC
13-13-0 (1 NC) Andre Fili · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-8-0
UFC record
13-13-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.8
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
1.5
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Calvin Kattar absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Andre Fili hunts takedowns — 2.24 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Calvin Kattar rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Calvin Kattar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 168
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Andre Fili

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1313
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 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

9774.41/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
11213.89/min · norm 3.54
14536.55/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
13134.55/min · norm 3.47
38.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
37.8%norm 45.0%
54.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 54.85%
50.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
60.31/15 · norm 0.29

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

Calvin Kattar

Distance 95.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

Andre Fili

Distance 91.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Calvin Kattar

Head 87.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.8%)

Andre Fili

Head 85.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kattar L/AAccFeatherweight med Fili L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 908 / 2456 37.0% 40.9% 980 / 2722 36.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 16 / 30 53.3% 70.8% 62 / 105 59.0% 70.8%
On the ground 53 / 87 60.9% 69.2% 79 / 135 58.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 760 / 2260 33.6% 37.2% 819 / 2538 32.3% 37.2%
To the body 131 / 209 62.7% 68.2% 169 / 255 66.3% 68.2%
To the legs 86 / 104 82.7% 80.7% 133 / 169 78.7% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Kattar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Fili L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1416 / 3148 45.0% 39.2% 1116 / 2292 48.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 39 61.5% 70.3% 79 / 124 63.7% 70.3%
On the ground 13 / 27 48.1% 69.4% 118 / 186 63.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 859 / 2446 35.1% 35.9% 703 / 1825 38.5% 35.9%
To the body 325 / 450 72.2% 67.9% 259 / 390 66.4% 67.9%
To the legs 269 / 318 84.6% 81.5% 351 / 387 90.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

529.4% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
4346.2% acc · 2.24/15 · norm 1.19
3477.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5972.0% def · norm 61.5%
6:222.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
43:2315.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:230:54 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
44:222:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.07/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
40.21/15 · norm 0.46

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

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