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Iuri Alcantara 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.

10-7-0 (1 NC) Iuri Alcantara · 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.

10-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-6-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
46
AgeΔ 7.5 yrs
38.5
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
95.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
97.4
LWLLW
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.

Iuri Alcantara is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Felipe Arantes is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Opponents land 48% of their head shots on Iuri Alcantara, vs a 35% Bantamweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Iuri Alcantara

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

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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

4722.71/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3422.37/min · norm 3.54
4892.81/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3842.66/min · norm 3.47
45.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 45.0%
49.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 54.85%
40.34/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

Iuri Alcantara

Distance 77.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.0% (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)

Iuri Alcantara

Head 78.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.4%)

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 Alcantara L/AAccBantamweight med Arantes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 299 / 797 37.5% 39.0% 239 / 599 39.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 41 / 57 71.9% 68.7% 24 / 45 53.3% 70.8%
On the ground 132 / 175 75.4% 70.2% 79 / 114 69.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 310 / 809 38.3% 34.9% 219 / 587 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 125 / 172 72.7% 66.8% 61 / 97 62.9% 68.2%
To the legs 37 / 48 77.1% 79.4% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Alcantara L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Arantes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 512 35.9% 39.3% 233 / 796 29.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 43 / 59 72.9% 70.4% 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3%
On the ground 262 / 389 67.4% 72.4% 109 / 202 54.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 359 / 754 47.6% 34.9% 224 / 834 26.9% 35.9%
To the body 53 / 90 58.9% 66.0% 116 / 178 65.2% 67.9%
To the legs 77 / 116 66.4% 79.1% 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.

1763.0% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
947.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.19
4059.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1741.5% def · norm 61.5%
27:4415.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
25:2917.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
63:295:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
48:395:02 per 15 · norm 3:12
100.86/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
70.73/15 · norm 0.46

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

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