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Elvis Mutapcic vs.
Francimar Barroso

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

0-2-1 Elvis Mutapcic · UFC
4-4-0 (1 NC) Francimar Barroso · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-1
UFC record
4-4-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
40
AgeΔ 6.4 yrs
46.4
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
116.1
Layoff (months)Δ 13.6 mo
102.5
LDL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWNCL
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.

Francimar Barroso hunts takedowns — 2.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Elvis Mutapcic rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 57% of their strikes at range on Elvis Mutapcic, vs a 40% Middleweight 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.

Elvis Mutapcic

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Francimar Barroso

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1313.41/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
3182.77/min · norm 3.41
1644.27/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3523.07/min · norm 3.35
40.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 48.3%
38.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Elvis Mutapcic

Distance 69.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 16.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.3% (norm 10.3%)

Francimar Barroso

Distance 79.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 10.4%)

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

Elvis Mutapcic

Head 77.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Francimar Barroso

Head 66.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mutapcic L/AAccMiddleweight med Barroso L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 224 29.5% 40.5% 226 / 477 47.4% 41.4%
In the clinch 38 / 52 73.1% 70.3% 77 / 101 76.2% 70.9%
On the ground 27 / 46 58.7% 69.1% 15 / 25 60.0% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 250 29.2% 38.9% 148 / 399 37.1% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 52 80.8% 71.7% 62 / 83 74.7% 71.9%
To the legs 16 / 20 too few to rate 83.3% 108 / 121 89.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Mutapcic L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Barroso L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 120 / 212 56.6% 39.5% 224 / 692 32.4% 40.4%
In the clinch 18 / 22 too few to rate 70.9% 82 / 107 76.6% 68.7%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 69.0% 46 / 60 76.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 203 53.2% 37.9% 201 / 658 30.5% 37.5%
To the body 26 / 32 81.2% 71.3% 81 / 111 73.0% 72.3%
To the legs 30 / 33 90.9% 82.1% 70 / 90 77.8% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1724.3% acc · 2.22/15 · norm 0.87
1381.3% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1583.3% def · norm 66.7%
5:1613.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
22:2519.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
8:573:29 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
18:562:28 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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