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Carlos Felipe vs.
Andrei Arlovski

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

3-2-0 Carlos Felipe · UFC
23-18-0 (1 NC) Andrei Arlovski · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-2-0
UFC record
23-18-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
31.6
AgeΔ 15.9 yrs
47.5
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
57.7
Layoff (months)Δ 32.5 mo
25.2
LWWWL
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.

Carlos Felipe rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Carlos Felipe absorbs 5.60 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Andrei Arlovski rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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 Felipe

Full career not yet synced for Carlos Felipe — 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

Andrei Arlovski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2318
Tier 3 — regional circuit 106

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 23 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 15-16 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3664.88/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
15853.87/min · norm 3.36
4205.60/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
13463.28/min · norm 3.19
45.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 47.8%
50.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
100.37/15 · norm 0.28

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

Carlos Felipe

Distance 93.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 9.3%)

Andrei Arlovski

Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 9.3%)

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

Carlos Felipe

Head 79.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 7.6%)

Andrei Arlovski

Head 72.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Felipe L/AAccHeavyweight med Arlovski L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 319 / 748 42.6% 40.1% 1352 / 3136 43.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 40 / 46 87.0% 70.6% 191 / 280 68.2% 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.2% 42 / 63 66.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 232 / 635 36.5% 38.9% 875 / 2536 34.5% 38.9%
To the body 110 / 142 77.5% 76.8% 339 / 475 71.4% 76.8%
To the legs 24 / 27 88.9% 87.8% 371 / 468 79.3% 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Felipe L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Arlovski L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 377 / 800 47.1% 40.7% 995 / 2590 38.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 20 / 25 80.0% 70.6% 191 / 284 67.3% 70.6%
On the ground 23 / 25 92.0% 72.0% 160 / 239 66.9% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 281 / 689 40.8% 38.8% 853 / 2459 34.7% 38.8%
To the body 60 / 77 77.9% 75.1% 244 / 357 68.3% 75.1%
To the legs 79 / 84 94.0% 84.4% 249 / 297 83.8% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
934.6% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 0.95
872.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5677.8% def · norm 64.3%
3:334.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
32:067.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
9:581:59 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
67:492:28 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
50.18/15 · norm 0.16

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

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