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Jeff Monson vs.
Anthony Perosh

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

4-3-0 Jeff Monson · UFC
5-7-0 Anthony Perosh · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
5-7-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
55.5
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
53.8
5'9"
HeightΔ 6"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
236.6
Layoff (months)Δ 107.9 mo
128.7
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Anthony Perosh is a submission threat — 1.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Jeff Monson is a submission threat — 0.53 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Anthony Perosh hunts takedowns — 2.03 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light 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.

Jeff Monson

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Anthony Perosh

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

In the UFC: 1-2 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

1161.36/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1512.27/min · norm 3.41
1912.24/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2513.77/min · norm 3.35
38.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
43.1%norm 48.3%
58.7%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
53.9%norm 52.9%
10.18/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.45/15 · norm 0.40

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

Jeff Monson

Distance 53.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 31.1% (norm 9.3%)

Anthony Perosh

Distance 60.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 28.3% (norm 10.4%)

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

Jeff Monson

Head 82.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 7.6%)

Anthony Perosh

Head 92.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 1.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Monson L/AAccHeavyweight med Perosh L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 29 / 159 18.2% 40.1% 64 / 213 30.0% 41.4%
In the clinch 32 / 47 68.1% 70.6% 23 / 38 60.5% 70.9%
On the ground 55 / 93 59.1% 70.2% 64 / 99 64.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 247 28.3% 38.9% 127 / 323 39.3% 38.9%
To the body 34 / 39 87.2% 76.8% 3 / 6 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 87.8% 21 / 21 too few to rate 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 (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 Monson L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Perosh L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 105 / 351 29.9% 40.7% 115 / 347 33.1% 40.4%
In the clinch 35 / 49 71.4% 70.6% 46 / 69 66.7% 68.7%
On the ground 51 / 62 82.3% 72.0% 90 / 129 69.8% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 96 / 358 26.8% 38.8% 210 / 495 42.4% 37.5%
To the body 31 / 32 96.9% 75.1% 30 / 38 78.9% 72.3%
To the legs 64 / 72 88.9% 84.4% 11 / 12 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

817.0% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
922.5% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 0.87
770.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
233.3% def · norm 66.7%
27:2232.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
15:3223.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
18:133:12 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
20:264:36 per 15 · norm 2:48
30.53/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
51.13/15 · norm 0.27

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

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