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Felipe Bunes vs.
Edgar Chairez

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

1-3-0 Felipe Bunes · UFC
4-2-0 (1 NC) Edgar Chairez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
4-2-0 (1 NC)
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
36.8
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
30.5
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
2
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
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.

Edgar Chairez carries real power — 0.78 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Edgar Chairez is a submission threat — 1.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Felipe Bunes is a submission threat — 1.44 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight 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.

Felipe Bunes

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Edgar Chairez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1323.17/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2233.86/min · norm 3.49
1904.57/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2644.57/min · norm 3.24
46.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 44.6%
47.4%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
45.3%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
30.78/15 · norm 0.18

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

Felipe Bunes

Distance 97.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.3%)

Edgar Chairez

Distance 97.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 0.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 7.3%)

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

Felipe Bunes

Head 78.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 9.3%)

Edgar Chairez

Head 74.0% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bunes L/AAccFlyweight med Chairez L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 128 / 280 45.7% 40.0% 213 / 455 46.8% 40.0%
In the clinch 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.4% 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.7% 6 / 10 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 225 40.0% 37.6% 133 / 347 38.3% 37.6%
To the body 21 / 37 56.8% 68.5% 41 / 59 69.5% 68.5%
To the legs 21 / 24 too few to rate 80.0% 49 / 63 77.8% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Bunes L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Chairez L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 156 / 316 49.4% 40.1% 215 / 418 51.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.8% 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 23 / 30 76.7% 71.1% 43 / 58 74.1% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 129 / 278 46.4% 35.2% 178 / 365 48.8% 35.2%
To the body 41 / 60 68.3% 68.2% 37 / 61 60.7% 68.2%
To the legs 20 / 23 too few to rate 80.3% 49 / 57 86.0% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

325.0% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.30
440.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 62.5%
6:0614.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
1:463.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
12:444:35 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
20:095:13 per 15 · norm 2:44
41.44/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
71.82/15 · norm 0.58

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

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