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Felipe Arantes vs. Erik Perez

UFC 5-6-1 vs. 7-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-6-1
UFC record
7-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
99.9
Layoff (months)Δ 19.5 mo
119.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Erik Perez hunts takedowns — 3.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Erik Perez owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 18% Bantamweight norm.
Felipe Arantes is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felipe Arantes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Erik Perez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3422.37/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2853.16/min · norm 3.52
3842.66/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1892.09/min · norm 3.58
45.1%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 43.5%
64.1%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
66.7%norm 56.6%
10.10/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.50/15 · norm 0.29

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

Felipe Arantes

Distance 79.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 6.5%)

Erik Perez

Distance 71.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 18.5% (norm 6.4%)

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

Felipe Arantes

Head 77.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.9%)

Erik Perez

Head 73.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Arantes L/AAccFeatherweight med Perez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 239 / 599 39.9% 40.5% 145 / 505 28.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 45 53.3% 70.5% 43 / 67 64.2% 69.0%
On the ground 79 / 114 69.3% 69.3% 97 / 130 74.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 219 / 587 37.3% 37.1% 145 / 513 28.3% 35.3%
To the body 61 / 97 62.9% 68.0% 102 / 143 71.3% 66.9%
To the legs 62 / 74 83.8% 80.3% 38 / 46 82.6% 79.2%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Arantes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 796 29.3% 39.3% 162 / 515 31.5% 39.4%
In the clinch 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3% 20 / 43 46.5% 70.6%
On the ground 109 / 202 54.0% 69.4% 7 / 10 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 224 / 834 26.9% 35.9% 126 / 479 26.3% 34.9%
To the body 116 / 178 65.2% 68.0% 37 / 56 66.1% 66.1%
To the legs 44 / 57 77.2% 81.5% 26 / 33 78.8% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
947.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1955.9% acc · 3.16/15 · norm 1.12
1741.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
969.2% def · norm 65.7%
25:2917.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
32:4736.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
48:395:02 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
15:282:34 per 15 · norm 2:24
70.73/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.17/15 · norm 0.28

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