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Jose Torres vs.
Alex Perez

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

1-1-0 Jose Torres · UFC
8-6-0 (1 NC) Alex Perez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
8-6-0 (1 NC)
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
34
AgeΔ 0.4 yrs
34.4
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
65"
ReachΔ 0"
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
96.1
Layoff (months)Δ 93.9 mo
2.2
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
NCWLLW
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.

Alex Perez carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Jose Torres absorbs 9.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
Alex Perez hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight 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.

Jose Torres

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Alex Perez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

514.37/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
4454.21/min · norm 3.49
1159.84/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
3423.23/min · norm 3.24
37.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 44.6%
50.2%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
60.85/15 · norm 0.18

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

Jose Torres

Distance 87.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 7.3%)

Alex Perez

Distance 83.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 7.3%)

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

Jose Torres

Head 85.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 9.3%)

Alex Perez

Head 72.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Torres L/AAccFlyweight med Perez L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 37 / 120 30.8% 40.0% 324 / 811 40.0% 40.0%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 59 / 87 67.8% 70.4%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 69.7% 62 / 79 78.5% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 118 30.5% 37.6% 261 / 708 36.9% 37.6%
To the body 12 / 17 too few to rate 68.5% 80 / 126 63.5% 68.5%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 80.0% 104 / 143 72.7% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Torres L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 186 42.5% 40.1% 269 / 737 36.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 25 / 34 73.5% 68.8% 22 / 31 71.0% 68.8%
On the ground 11 / 11 too few to rate 71.1% 51 / 68 75.0% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 192 43.8% 35.2% 240 / 689 34.8% 35.2%
To the body 25 / 32 78.1% 68.2% 64 / 93 68.8% 68.2%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 80.3% 38 / 54 70.4% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

133.3% acc · 1.28/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1545.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.30
675.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2773.0% def · norm 62.5%
0:426.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
28:2226.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
3:154:10 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
10:571:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
50.71/15 · norm 0.58

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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