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Carlo Pedersoli Jr. vs.
Dwight Grant

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 Dwight Grant · 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)
Welterweight
33.2
AgeΔ 8.7 yrs
41.9
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
89.4
Layoff (months)Δ 40.7 mo
48.7
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.
Dwight Grant rarely shoots — 0.65 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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

Dwight Grant

Full career not yet synced for Dwight Grant — 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 +1.2 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
2873.13/min · norm 3.17
854.12/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2372.59/min · norm 3.06
37.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.7%norm 44.9%
61.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
61.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.49/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Dwight Grant

Distance 90.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Dwight Grant

Head 83.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.6% (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 Grant L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 81 / 221 36.7% 38.6% 242 / 748 32.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.8% 15 / 18 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 67.2% 30 / 60 50.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 46 / 171 26.9% 37.2% 185 / 689 26.9% 37.2%
To the body 32 / 47 68.1% 70.7% 44 / 66 66.7% 70.7%
To the legs 8 / 10 too few to rate 82.9% 58 / 71 81.7% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Grant L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 200 34.5% 39.0% 194 / 539 36.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 68.9% 13 / 20 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.0% 30 / 48 62.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 53 / 160 33.1% 35.6% 123 / 459 26.8% 35.6%
To the body 18 / 42 42.9% 69.6% 58 / 79 73.4% 69.6%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 82.1% 56 / 69 81.2% 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
4100.0% acc · 0.65/15 · norm 1.27
0— def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1965.5% def · norm 63.9%
1:458.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:132.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:110:07 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:372:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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