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Carlos Ulberg vs.
Fabio Cherant

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

10-1-0 Carlos Ulberg · UFC
0-3-0 Fabio Cherant · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-1-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
35.7
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31.7
6'4"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 49.9 mo
53.7
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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 Ulberg carries real power — 1.25 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Fabio Cherant's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight norm.
Fabio Cherant rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light 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 Ulberg

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 111
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.2 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Fabio Cherant

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5536.61/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
281.39/min · norm 3.41
3384.04/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
834.12/min · norm 3.35
56.0%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 48.3%
50.7%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
40.3%norm 52.9%
71.25/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Carlos Ulberg

Distance 91.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 10.4%)

Fabio Cherant

Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Carlos Ulberg

Head 74.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 9.7%)

Fabio Cherant

Head 64.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 30.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ulberg L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Cherant L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 488 / 906 53.9% 41.4% 28 / 65 43.1% 41.4%
In the clinch 23 / 27 85.2% 70.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 42 / 54 77.8% 72.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 338 / 730 46.3% 38.9% 10 / 42 23.8% 38.9%
To the body 90 / 118 76.3% 71.9% 16 / 20 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 125 / 139 89.9% 81.8% 2 / 3 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light 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 Ulberg L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Cherant L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 324 / 663 48.9% 40.4% 80 / 135 59.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 7 / 14 too few to rate 68.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.4% 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 178 / 462 38.5% 37.5% 33 / 82 40.2% 37.5%
To the body 49 / 90 54.4% 72.3% 16 / 20 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 111 / 133 83.5% 83.0% 34 / 37 91.9% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

360.0% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
685.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
3:354.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
0:221.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:450:08 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
2:241:47 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.18/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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