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Constantinos Philippou vs.
Gegard Mousasi

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

6-4-0 Constantinos Philippou · UFC
9-3-0 Gegard Mousasi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-4-0
UFC record
9-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 5 yrs
41
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
134.7
Layoff (months)Δ 22.8 mo
111.9
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
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.

Constantinos Philippou carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Constantinos Philippou rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Gegard Mousasi is hard to hit — absorbs 1.39 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight 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.

Constantinos Philippou

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Gegard Mousasi

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

In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2442.19/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
4653.87/min · norm 3.25
3052.73/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1671.39/min · norm 3.20
35.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 47.4%
54.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
68.0%norm 53.8%
50.67/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.25/15 · norm 0.32

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

Constantinos Philippou

Distance 84.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 10.3%)

Gegard Mousasi

Distance 74.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Constantinos Philippou

Head 87.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Gegard Mousasi

Head 82.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.5% (norm 13.4%) · 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 Philippou L/AAccMiddleweight med Mousasi L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 176 / 586 30.0% 40.5% 303 / 685 44.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 30 / 44 68.2% 70.3% 53 / 84 63.1% 70.3%
On the ground 38 / 65 58.5% 69.1% 109 / 155 70.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 611 32.1% 38.9% 332 / 759 43.7% 38.9%
To the body 30 / 56 53.6% 71.7% 48 / 69 69.6% 71.7%
To the legs 18 / 28 64.3% 83.3% 85 / 96 88.5% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Philippou L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Mousasi L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 189 / 512 36.9% 39.5% 129 / 468 27.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 41 / 57 71.9% 70.9% 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 75 / 100 75.0% 69.0% 31 / 42 73.8% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 165 / 494 33.4% 37.9% 96 / 403 23.8% 37.9%
To the body 72 / 95 75.8% 71.3% 27 / 58 46.6% 71.3%
To the legs 68 / 80 85.0% 82.1% 44 / 61 72.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

342.9% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
952.9% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.42
2965.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2873.7% def · norm 63.1%
10:359.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
28:0123.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
43:095:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
19:462:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.27/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
30.37/15 · norm 0.47

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

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