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Jared Vanderaa vs.
Serghei Spivac

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

1-6-0 Jared Vanderaa · UFC
9-6-0 Serghei Spivac · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-6-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34.2
AgeΔ 2.7 yrs
31.5
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 2"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
45.2
Layoff (months)Δ 39.7 mo
5.5
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL
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.

Serghei Spivac hunts takedowns — 3.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Serghei Spivac is a submission threat — 0.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Jared Vanderaa rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight 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.

Jared Vanderaa

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Serghei Spivac

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3974.90/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
4483.57/min · norm 3.36
4635.71/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
5314.23/min · norm 3.19
44.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.8%norm 47.8%
45.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.2%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Jared Vanderaa

Distance 92.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 9.3%)

Serghei Spivac

Distance 75.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Jared Vanderaa

Head 75.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 7.6%)

Serghei Spivac

Head 96.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vanderaa L/AAccHeavyweight med Spivac L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 824 42.1% 40.1% 275 / 709 38.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 43 / 62 69.4% 70.6% 17 / 26 65.4% 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 156 / 203 76.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 675 30.7% 38.9% 421 / 906 46.5% 38.9%
To the body 88 / 111 79.3% 76.8% 16 / 20 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 102 / 109 93.6% 87.8% 11 / 12 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Vanderaa L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Spivac L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 720 50.4% 40.7% 439 / 979 44.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 43 / 62 69.4% 70.6%
On the ground 89 / 112 79.5% 72.0% 49 / 71 69.0% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 304 / 648 46.9% 38.8% 348 / 889 39.1% 38.8%
To the body 117 / 148 79.1% 75.1% 113 / 151 74.8% 75.1%
To the legs 42 / 49 85.7% 84.4% 70 / 72 97.2% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
3259.3% acc · 3.82/15 · norm 0.95
220.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
763.6% def · norm 64.3%
4:155.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
41:1332.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
15:592:57 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
15:231:50 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
40.48/15 · norm 0.16

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

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