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Carlos Condit vs.
Alex Oliveira

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

9-10-0 Carlos Condit · UFC
11-10-0 (1 NC) Alex Oliveira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-10-0
UFC record
11-10-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
60.9
Layoff (months)Δ 7.8 mo
53.1
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Alex Oliveira hunts takedowns — 2.35 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Alex Oliveira owns the mat — in control 33% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Carlos Condit rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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.

Carlos Condit

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

In the UFC: 7-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.6 wins over .500

Alex Oliveira

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

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10064.00/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
6292.99/min · norm 3.17
7312.91/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5372.55/min · norm 3.06
38.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.1%norm 44.9%
54.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.7%norm 55.25%
60.36/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.43/15 · norm 0.38

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

Carlos Condit

Distance 86.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.7% (norm 8.1%)

Alex Oliveira

Distance 69.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 17.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Carlos Condit

Head 74.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Oliveira

Head 71.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Condit L/AAccWelterweight med Oliveira L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 791 / 2261 35.0% 38.6% 374 / 857 43.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 89 / 172 51.7% 67.8% 142 / 209 67.9% 67.8%
On the ground 126 / 175 72.0% 67.2% 113 / 164 68.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 560 / 1936 28.9% 37.2% 356 / 884 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 207 / 347 59.7% 70.7% 158 / 218 72.5% 70.7%
To the legs 239 / 325 73.5% 82.9% 115 / 128 89.8% 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 Condit L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Oliveira L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 543 / 1310 41.5% 39.0% 303 / 704 43.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 70 / 109 64.2% 68.9% 108 / 141 76.6% 68.9%
On the ground 118 / 189 62.4% 68.0% 126 / 162 77.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 449 / 1216 36.9% 35.6% 328 / 737 44.5% 35.6%
To the body 156 / 224 69.6% 69.6% 90 / 135 66.7% 69.6%
To the legs 126 / 168 75.0% 82.1% 119 / 135 88.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

940.9% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3338.4% acc · 2.35/15 · norm 1.27
3034.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3063.8% def · norm 63.9%
25:4710.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
69:2733.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
74:134:25 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
52:553:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
110.66/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
80.57/15 · norm 0.45

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

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