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Carls John De Tomas vs.
Alex Perez

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

0-2-0 Carls John De Tomas · UFC
8-6-0 (1 NC) Alex Perez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
8-6-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
29.9
AgeΔ 4.5 yrs
34.4
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 6"
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
103.9
Layoff (months)Δ 101.7 mo
2.2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
NCWLLW
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 Perez carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Alex Perez hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Opponents land 50% of their head shots on Carls John De Tomas, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Carls John De Tomas

Full career not yet synced for Carls John De Tomas — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Alex Perez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

381.74/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4454.21/min · norm 3.49
863.93/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3423.23/min · norm 3.24
37.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 44.6%
44.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
60.85/15 · norm 0.18

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

Carls John De Tomas

Distance 84.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Alex Perez

Distance 83.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 7.3%)

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

Carls John De Tomas

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 2.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.6% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Perez

Head 72.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tomas L/AAccBantamweight med Perez L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 86 32.6% 39.0% 324 / 811 40.0% 40.0%
In the clinch 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.7% 59 / 87 67.8% 70.4%
On the ground 2 / 5 too few to rate 70.2% 62 / 79 78.5% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 26 / 80 32.5% 34.9% 261 / 708 36.9% 37.6%
To the body 1 / 3 too few to rate 66.8% 80 / 126 63.5% 68.5%
To the legs 11 / 19 too few to rate 79.4% 104 / 143 72.7% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Tomas L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 96 45.8% 39.3% 269 / 737 36.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.4% 22 / 31 71.0% 68.8%
On the ground 28 / 44 63.6% 72.4% 51 / 68 75.0% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 60 / 120 50.0% 34.9% 240 / 689 34.8% 35.2%
To the body 7 / 11 too few to rate 66.0% 64 / 93 68.8% 68.2%
To the legs 19 / 25 76.0% 79.1% 38 / 54 70.4% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

233.3% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1545.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.30
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2773.0% def · norm 62.5%
2:1110.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
28:2226.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
12:168:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:571:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.71/15 · norm 0.58

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

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