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Johnny Eduardo vs.
Alejandro Perez

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

3-5-0 Johnny Eduardo · UFC
8-4-1 Alejandro Perez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
8-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
48
AgeΔ 11.1 yrs
36.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
58.1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
53.3
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Johnny Eduardo rarely shoots — 0.22 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Johnny Eduardo is a submission threat — 0.43 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Alejandro Perez rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Johnny Eduardo

Full career not yet synced for Johnny Eduardo — 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 +0.4 wins over .500

Alejandro Perez

Full career not yet synced for Alejandro Perez — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2042.95/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4793.45/min · norm 3.52
2233.22/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4423.18/min · norm 3.58
39.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 43.4%
63.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.6%
20.43/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.30

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

Johnny Eduardo

Distance 95.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 6.5%)

Alejandro Perez

Distance 88.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Johnny Eduardo

Head 72.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)

Alejandro Perez

Head 80.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Eduardo L/AAccBantamweight med Perez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 491 37.5% 39.0% 383 / 1193 32.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 68.7% 28 / 54 51.9% 68.7%
On the ground 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 68 / 97 70.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 371 27.5% 34.9% 296 / 1081 27.4% 34.9%
To the body 23 / 40 57.5% 66.8% 60 / 81 74.1% 66.8%
To the legs 79 / 103 76.7% 79.4% 123 / 182 67.6% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Eduardo L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 503 27.8% 39.3% 414 / 1097 37.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 18 / 18 too few to rate 70.4% 13 / 36 36.1% 70.4%
On the ground 65 / 82 79.3% 72.4% 15 / 22 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 491 30.5% 34.9% 214 / 828 25.8% 34.9%
To the body 35 / 58 60.3% 66.0% 119 / 184 64.7% 66.0%
To the legs 38 / 54 70.4% 79.1% 109 / 143 76.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

120.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.12
1058.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2271.0% def · norm 66.7%
1:552.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:496.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
11:352:30 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:481:09 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.43/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.32/15 · norm 0.28

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

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