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Godofredo Pepey vs.
Felipe Arantes

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

5-6-0 Godofredo Pepey · UFC
5-6-1 Felipe Arantes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-6-0
UFC record
5-6-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39.1
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
38.5
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 0"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
102.3
Layoff (months)Δ 4.9 mo
97.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Godofredo Pepey is a submission threat — 1.47 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Godofredo Pepey rarely shoots — 0.37 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Felipe Arantes is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight 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.

Godofredo Pepey

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Felipe Arantes

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1892.32/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3422.37/min · norm 3.54
2633.23/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3842.66/min · norm 3.47
38.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 45.0%
47.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 54.85%
10.18/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

Godofredo Pepey

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 6.5%)

Felipe Arantes

Distance 79.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Godofredo Pepey

Head 84.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.8%)

Felipe Arantes

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pepey L/AAccFeatherweight med Arantes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 130 / 409 31.8% 40.9% 239 / 599 39.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 25 / 32 78.1% 70.8% 24 / 45 53.3% 70.8%
On the ground 34 / 54 63.0% 69.2% 79 / 114 69.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 135 / 420 32.1% 37.2% 219 / 587 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 27 / 42 64.3% 68.2% 61 / 97 62.9% 68.2%
To the legs 27 / 33 81.8% 80.7% 62 / 74 83.8% 80.7%

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: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Pepey L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Arantes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 348 41.1% 39.2% 233 / 796 29.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 24 / 32 75.0% 70.3% 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3%
On the ground 96 / 124 77.4% 69.4% 109 / 202 54.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 199 / 419 47.5% 35.9% 224 / 834 26.9% 35.9%
To the body 40 / 57 70.2% 67.9% 116 / 178 65.2% 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 28 85.7% 81.5% 44 / 57 77.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

27.4% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
947.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.19
735.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1741.5% def · norm 61.5%
11:0713.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
25:2917.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
29:465:28 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
48:395:02 per 15 · norm 3:12
81.47/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
70.73/15 · norm 0.46

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

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