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Fares Ziam vs. Luigi Vendramini

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
29
AgeΔ 1 yrs
30
6'1"
HeightΔ 5"
5'8"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 60 mo
61.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luigi Vendramini carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Fares Ziam is hard to hit — absorbs 1.63 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.38 Lightweight norm.
Fares Ziam owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Fares Ziam

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Luigi Vendramini

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 120

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.08 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3962.70/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
762.82/min · norm 3.44
2391.63/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1033.82/min · norm 3.38
52.5%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
40.9%norm 43.65%
63.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 56.3%
20.20/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.56/15 · norm 0.25

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

Fares Ziam

Distance 76.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 14.6% (norm 8.0%)

Luigi Vendramini

Distance 87.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Fares Ziam

Head 78.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.0%)

Luigi Vendramini

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ziam L/AAccLightweight med Vendramini L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 278 / 580 47.9% 38.3% 62 / 163 38.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 49 / 65 75.4% 67.5% 6 / 8 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 69 / 110 62.7% 68.8% 8 / 15 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 255 / 595 42.9% 35.1% 45 / 145 31.0% 35.1%
To the body 74 / 86 86.0% 69.1% 18 / 24 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 67 / 74 90.5% 81.8% 13 / 17 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Ziam L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Vendramini L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 163 / 522 31.2% 38.8% 94 / 231 40.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 36 / 60 60.0% 68.6% 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 40 / 66 60.6% 68.0% 3 / 4 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 101 / 449 22.5% 35.2% 62 / 200 31.0% 35.2%
To the body 80 / 121 66.1% 68.2% 17 / 20 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 58 / 78 74.4% 81.5% 24 / 24 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1842.9% acc · 1.84/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
215.4% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.34
5170.8% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 63.7%
39:3026.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
6:1923.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
48:585:00 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:180:10 per 15 · norm 2:50
50.51/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
10.56/15 · norm 0.48

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