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Iuri Alcantara vs.
Iliarde Santos

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
0-3-0 Iliarde Santos · 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
0-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
46
AgeΔ 0.1 yrs
45.9
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
5'5"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
95.3
Layoff (months)Δ 58.5 mo
153.8
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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.
Iliarde Santos absorbs 6.10 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
Iliarde Santos is wasteful with head shots — only 24% land, vs a 38% 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.

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

Iliarde Santos

Full career not yet synced for Iliarde Santos — 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 +0.0 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
813.00/min · norm 3.49
4892.81/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1656.10/min · norm 3.24
45.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
30.0%norm 44.6%
49.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.4%norm 56.4%
40.34/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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%)

Iliarde Santos

Distance 94.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 7.3%)

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%)

Iliarde Santos

Head 86.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 9.3%)

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 Santos L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 299 / 797 37.5% 39.0% 71 / 254 28.0% 40.0%
In the clinch 41 / 57 71.9% 68.7% 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 132 / 175 75.4% 70.2% 4 / 4 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 310 / 809 38.3% 34.9% 55 / 234 23.5% 37.6%
To the body 125 / 172 72.7% 66.8% 17 / 25 68.0% 68.5%
To the legs 37 / 48 77.1% 79.4% 9 / 11 too few to rate 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Alcantara L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Santos L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 512 35.9% 39.3% 138 / 346 39.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 43 / 59 72.9% 70.4% 12 / 17 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 262 / 389 67.4% 72.4% 15 / 24 too few to rate 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 359 / 754 47.6% 34.9% 92 / 277 33.2% 35.2%
To the body 53 / 90 58.9% 66.0% 26 / 50 52.0% 68.2%
To the legs 77 / 116 66.4% 79.1% 47 / 60 78.3% 80.3%
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
323.1% acc · 1.66/15 · norm 1.30
4059.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
583.3% def · norm 62.5%
27:4415.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
3:2112.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
63:295:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
1:480:59 per 15 · norm 2:44
100.86/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.58

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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