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Igor Severino vs.
Andre Lima

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

0-1-0 Igor Severino · UFC
4-1-0 Andre Lima · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
4-1-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
23
AgeΔ 4 yrs
27
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28.4
Layoff (months)Δ 26.9 mo
1.5
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Igor Severino hunts takedowns — 9.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Igor Severino owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Andre Lima is a submission threat — 1.14 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.

Igor Severino

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Andre Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

364.58/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2583.91/min · norm 3.49
303.81/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1902.88/min · norm 3.24
46.2%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 44.6%
48.3%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
57.3%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Igor Severino

Distance 91.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 7.3%)

Andre Lima

Distance 93.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Igor Severino

Head 70.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 9.3%)

Andre Lima

Head 55.3% (norm 75.9%) · Body 19.0% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 25.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Severino L/AAccFlyweight med Lima L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 31 / 71 43.7% 40.0% 231 / 439 52.6% 40.0%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.4% 25 / 27 92.6% 70.4%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.7% 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 17 / 55 30.9% 37.6% 110 / 259 42.5% 37.6%
To the body 9 / 13 too few to rate 68.5% 57 / 89 64.0% 68.5%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 80.0% 91 / 120 75.8% 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 Severino L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Lima L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 56 51.8% 40.1% 176 / 425 41.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.8% 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.1% 1 / 3 too few to rate 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 16 / 40 40.0% 35.2% 104 / 330 31.5% 35.2%
To the body 8 / 12 too few to rate 68.2% 59 / 83 71.1% 68.2%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 80.3% 27 / 32 84.4% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

555.6% acc · 9.53/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.30
150.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1872.0% def · norm 62.5%
3:0038.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
16:0424.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
0:240:45 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
4:150:57 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
51.14/15 · norm 0.58

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

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