Jamahal Hill vs. Alex Pereira

UFC 6-4-0 (1 NC) vs. 10-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-3-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
39
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
79"
ReachΔ 0"
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
13.5
Layoff (months)Δ 11.7 mo
1.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jamahal Hill rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alex Pereira carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alex Pereira rarely shoots — 0.11 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jamahal Hill

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Alex Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 103
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.62 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6775.89/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6975.01/min · norm 3.41
4644.04/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
5183.72/min · norm 3.35
50.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
61.4%norm 48.3%
45.0%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 52.9%
40.52/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.75/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jamahal Hill

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.4%)

Alex Pereira

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jamahal Hill

Head 79.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 9.7%)

Alex Pereira

Head 59.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hill L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Pereira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 567 / 1207 47.0% 41.4% 566 / 975 58.1% 41.4%
In the clinch 60 / 75 80.0% 70.9% 72 / 83 86.7% 70.9%
On the ground 50 / 65 76.9% 72.3% 59 / 78 75.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 455 / 1075 42.3% 38.9% 326 / 672 48.5% 38.9%
To the body 158 / 199 79.4% 71.9% 180 / 225 80.0% 71.9%
To the legs 64 / 73 87.7% 81.8% 191 / 239 79.9% 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Hill L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 381 / 731 52.1% 40.4% 444 / 994 44.7% 40.4%
In the clinch 26 / 33 78.8% 68.7% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.7%
On the ground 57 / 79 72.2% 70.4% 33 / 40 82.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 576 42.7% 37.5% 283 / 781 36.2% 37.5%
To the body 126 / 156 80.8% 72.3% 118 / 177 66.7% 72.3%
To the legs 92 / 111 82.9% 83.0% 117 / 134 87.3% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.11/15 · norm 0.87
3470.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3680.0% def · norm 66.7%
6:085.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
2:381.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
12:321:38 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
31:133:21 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
20.22/15 · norm 0.27

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