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Constantinos Philippou vs.
Lorenz Larkin

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
5-5-0 Lorenz Larkin · 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
5-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46.7
AgeΔ 6.8 yrs
39.9
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
134.7
Layoff (months)Δ 15.2 mo
119.5
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
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.
Lorenz Larkin rarely shoots — 0.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Constantinos Philippou rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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

Lorenz Larkin

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

In the UFC: 5-5 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

2442.19/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3913.61/min · norm 3.17
3052.73/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3232.98/min · norm 3.06
35.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 44.9%
54.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 55.25%
50.67/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.42/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Lorenz Larkin

Distance 83.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Lorenz Larkin

Head 68.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.0% (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 Larkin L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 176 / 586 30.0% 40.5% 293 / 735 39.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 30 / 44 68.2% 70.3% 75 / 115 65.2% 67.8%
On the ground 38 / 65 58.5% 69.1% 23 / 26 88.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 611 32.1% 38.9% 191 / 603 31.7% 37.2%
To the body 30 / 56 53.6% 71.7% 61 / 98 62.2% 70.7%
To the legs 18 / 28 64.3% 83.3% 139 / 175 79.4% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Philippou L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Larkin L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 189 / 512 36.9% 39.5% 274 / 794 34.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 41 / 57 71.9% 70.9% 42 / 61 68.9% 68.9%
On the ground 75 / 100 75.0% 69.0% 7 / 7 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 165 / 494 33.4% 37.9% 173 / 629 27.5% 35.6%
To the body 72 / 95 75.8% 71.3% 63 / 114 55.3% 69.6%
To the legs 68 / 80 85.0% 82.1% 87 / 119 73.1% 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
125.0% acc · 0.14/15 · norm 1.27
2965.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3579.5% def · norm 63.9%
10:359.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
5:545.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
43:095:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
26:473:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
20.27/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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