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Cristian Quinonez vs.
Raoni Barcelos

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

2-2-0 Cristian Quinonez · UFC
11-4-0 Raoni Barcelos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
11-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30.3
AgeΔ 9 yrs
39.3
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
3.4
WLLW
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.

Cristian Quinonez hunts takedowns — 4.12 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Cristian Quinonez is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Raoni Barcelos is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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.

Cristian Quinonez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Raoni Barcelos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.47 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

993.02/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9184.65/min · norm 3.52
993.02/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
8374.24/min · norm 3.58
45.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
51.7%norm 43.4%
52.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
60.6%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.30

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

Cristian Quinonez

Distance 93.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 6.5%)

Raoni Barcelos

Distance 82.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Cristian Quinonez

Head 86.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Raoni Barcelos

Head 82.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Quinonez L/AAccBantamweight med Barcelos L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 204 43.6% 39.0% 681 / 1471 46.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 3 / 7 too few to rate 68.7% 64 / 80 80.0% 68.7%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.2% 173 / 224 77.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 189 41.8% 34.9% 672 / 1469 45.7% 34.9%
To the body 7 / 17 too few to rate 66.8% 124 / 164 75.6% 66.8%
To the legs 13 / 13 too few to rate 79.4% 122 / 142 85.9% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Quinonez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Barcelos L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 197 45.2% 39.3% 741 / 1976 37.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.4% 59 / 96 61.5% 70.4%
On the ground 6 / 7 too few to rate 72.4% 37 / 51 72.5% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 158 36.7% 34.9% 545 / 1730 31.5% 34.9%
To the body 16 / 23 too few to rate 66.0% 170 / 250 68.0% 66.0%
To the legs 25 / 28 89.3% 79.1% 122 / 143 85.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

952.9% acc · 4.12/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
3331.7% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.12
1280.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3687.8% def · norm 66.7%
10:2131.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
48:4424.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
2:131:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
12:400:57 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.92/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
90.68/15 · norm 0.28

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

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