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Julio Arce vs.
Andre Ewell

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

6-4-0 Julio Arce · UFC
4-5-0 Andre Ewell · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-4-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.8
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
38.5
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
28.2
Layoff (months)Δ 27.4 mo
55.6
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Andre Ewell rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Julio Arce rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Julio Arce defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 36% Featherweight 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.

Julio Arce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 142

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.08 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Andre Ewell

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

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5034.12/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5404.28/min · norm 3.52
3753.07/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6154.87/min · norm 3.58
34.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 43.4%
68.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 56.6%
30.37/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.30

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

Julio Arce

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Andre Ewell

Distance 97.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Julio Arce

Head 84.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 7.8%)

Andre Ewell

Head 75.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Arce L/AAccFeatherweight med Ewell L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 460 / 1375 33.5% 40.9% 528 / 1319 40.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 70.8% 11 / 26 42.3% 68.7%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.2% 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 361 / 1217 29.7% 37.2% 317 / 1023 31.0% 34.9%
To the body 116 / 193 60.1% 68.2% 165 / 253 65.2% 66.8%
To the legs 26 / 33 78.8% 80.7% 58 / 73 79.5% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Arce L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ewell L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 1072 28.8% 39.2% 471 / 1081 43.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 41 / 67 61.2% 70.3% 61 / 78 78.2% 70.4%
On the ground 25 / 46 54.3% 69.4% 83 / 106 78.3% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 180 / 876 20.5% 35.9% 321 / 850 37.8% 34.9%
To the body 102 / 179 57.0% 67.9% 133 / 200 66.5% 66.0%
To the legs 93 / 130 71.5% 81.5% 161 / 215 74.9% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

428.6% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.12
2596.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2472.7% def · norm 66.7%
8:196.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
4:373.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
16:352:02 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
24:272:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.37/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.12/15 · norm 0.28

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

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