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Carlo Pedersoli Jr. vs.
Brad Scott

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

1-2-0 Carlo Pedersoli Jr. · UFC
3-5-0 Brad Scott · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33.2
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
37.1
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
89.4
Layoff (months)Δ 8.9 mo
98.3
LLW
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.

Carlo Pedersoli Jr. hunts takedowns — 2.91 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Brad Scott rarely shoots — 0.32 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Carlo Pedersoli Jr. defends body shots well — opponents land just 43%, vs a 70% Welterweight 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.

Carlo Pedersoli Jr.

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Brad Scott

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

864.17/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3273.52/min · norm 3.25
854.12/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4014.31/min · norm 3.20
37.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 47.4%
61.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.32/15 · norm 0.32

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

Carlo Pedersoli Jr.

Distance 96.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 8.1%)

Brad Scott

Distance 90.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Carlo Pedersoli Jr.

Head 75.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.4% (norm 8.4%)

Brad Scott

Head 74.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jr. L/AAccWelterweight med Scott L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 221 36.7% 38.6% 267 / 710 37.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.8% 47 / 63 74.6% 70.3%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.2% 13 / 14 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 171 26.9% 37.2% 200 / 587 34.1% 38.9%
To the body 32 / 47 68.1% 70.7% 74 / 133 55.6% 71.7%
To the legs 8 / 10 too few to rate 82.9% 53 / 67 79.1% 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Jr. L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Scott L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 200 34.5% 39.0% 303 / 800 37.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.9% 47 / 65 72.3% 70.9%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.0% 51 / 73 69.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 53 / 160 33.1% 35.6% 258 / 736 35.1% 37.9%
To the body 18 / 42 42.9% 69.6% 83 / 129 64.3% 71.3%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 82.1% 60 / 73 82.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

444.4% acc · 2.91/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
215.4% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 1.42
0— def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2163.6% def · norm 63.1%
1:458.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
16:2017.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
0:110:07 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
11:251:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.65/15 · norm 0.47

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

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