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Jon Fitch vs. Luigi Fioravanti

UFC 14-3-1 vs. 4-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-3-1
UFC record
4-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
48
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
74"
ReachΔ 4"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
164.5
Layoff (months)Δ 47.9 mo
212.4
LWLDW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jon Fitch owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Luigi Fioravanti hunts takedowns — 3.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Jon Fitch hunts takedowns — 3.64 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jon Fitch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 164
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Luigi Fioravanti

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2210

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6302.64/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2142.23/min · norm 3.17
3711.55/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2122.21/min · norm 3.08
51.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 44.75%
53.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
69.9%norm 55.25%
20.13/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jon Fitch

Distance 44.1% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 37.1% (norm 8.1%)

Luigi Fioravanti

Distance 58.1% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 25.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jon Fitch

Head 77.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

Luigi Fioravanti

Head 74.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fitch L/AAccWelterweight med Fioravanti L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 186 / 540 34.4% 38.5% 107 / 290 36.9% 38.5%
In the clinch 136 / 231 58.9% 67.8% 65 / 126 51.6% 67.8%
On the ground 308 / 454 67.8% 67.0% 42 / 83 50.6% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 414 / 945 43.8% 36.4% 112 / 372 30.1% 36.4%
To the body 129 / 169 76.3% 70.7% 30 / 43 69.8% 70.7%
To the legs 87 / 111 78.4% 83.0% 72 / 84 85.7% 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Fitch L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fioravanti L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 171 / 517 33.1% 39.1% 107 / 507 21.1% 39.1%
In the clinch 125 / 177 70.6% 68.9% 63 / 123 51.2% 68.9%
On the ground 75 / 107 70.1% 68.0% 42 / 75 56.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 211 / 604 34.9% 35.6% 123 / 554 22.2% 35.6%
To the body 69 / 96 71.9% 69.6% 62 / 107 57.9% 69.6%
To the legs 91 / 101 90.1% 82.2% 27 / 44 61.4% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
5854.7% acc · 3.64/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
2463.2% acc · 3.76/15 · norm 1.31
3355.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1967.9% def · norm 63.9%
128:2653.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
25:2426.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
55:033:27 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
18:442:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
140.88/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
60.94/15 · norm 0.44

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