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Frankie Perez vs.
Sam Stout

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 Frankie Perez · UFC
9-11-0 Sam Stout · 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
9-11-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37
AgeΔ 5 yrs
42
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
108.5
Layoff (months)Δ 23 mo
131.5
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Sam Stout rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Sam Stout is wasteful with head shots — only 18% land, vs a 35% Lightweight norm.
Frankie Perez carries real power — 0.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight 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.

Frankie Perez

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Sam Stout

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 911
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

701.64/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
9954.17/min · norm 3.42
932.17/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
9734.08/min · norm 3.37
41.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
28.9%norm 43.5%
54.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 56.3%
10.35/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.19/15 · norm 0.25

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

Frankie Perez

Distance 78.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 8.0%)

Sam Stout

Distance 93.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Frankie Perez

Head 66.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.5% (norm 7.9%)

Sam Stout

Head 78.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Perez L/AAccLightweight med Stout L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 131 33.6% 37.9% 856 / 3230 26.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.3% 93 / 132 70.5% 67.3%
On the ground 22 / 28 78.6% 69.1% 46 / 82 56.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 27 / 111 24.3% 35.0% 474 / 2695 17.6% 35.0%
To the body 16 / 26 61.5% 69.1% 287 / 458 62.7% 69.1%
To the legs 27 / 31 87.1% 81.9% 234 / 291 80.4% 81.9%

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: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Perez L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Stout L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 39 / 125 31.2% 38.9% 859 / 2106 40.8% 38.9%
In the clinch 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.6% 78 / 112 69.6% 68.6%
On the ground 51 / 76 67.1% 68.0% 36 / 58 62.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 62 / 156 39.7% 35.1% 625 / 1812 34.5% 35.1%
To the body 20 / 28 71.4% 68.1% 181 / 258 70.2% 68.1%
To the legs 11 / 20 too few to rate 81.5% 167 / 206 81.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

541.7% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1038.5% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.38
1350.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
10277.9% def · norm 64.0%
7:2017.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
26:1811.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
22:327:53 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
32:342:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.35/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
20.13/15 · norm 0.49

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

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