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Ken Stone vs.
Erik Perez

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

2-2-0 Ken Stone · UFC
7-2-0 Erik Perez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
7-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
43.8
AgeΔ 7.1 yrs
36.7
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
167.8
Layoff (months)Δ 50.8 mo
117
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
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.

Erik Perez hunts takedowns — 3.16 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Ken Stone is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Erik Perez owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Ken Stone

Full career not yet synced for Ken Stone — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Erik Perez

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

904.10/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2853.16/min · norm 3.52
663.00/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1892.09/min · norm 3.58
51.1%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 43.4%
50.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
66.7%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
30.50/15 · norm 0.30

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

Ken Stone

Distance 83.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 14.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

Erik Perez

Distance 71.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 18.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ken Stone

Head 71.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.9% (norm 8.4%)

Erik Perez

Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stone L/AAccBantamweight med Perez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 65 / 147 44.2% 39.0% 145 / 505 28.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 24 / 25 96.0% 68.7% 43 / 67 64.2% 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 97 / 130 74.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 43 / 126 34.1% 34.9% 145 / 513 28.3% 34.9%
To the body 15 / 15 too few to rate 66.8% 102 / 143 71.3% 66.8%
To the legs 32 / 35 91.4% 79.4% 38 / 46 82.6% 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 Stone L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 49 / 114 43.0% 39.3% 162 / 515 31.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 6 / 6 too few to rate 70.4% 20 / 43 46.5% 70.4%
On the ground 11 / 12 too few to rate 72.4% 7 / 10 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 34 / 96 35.4% 34.9% 126 / 479 26.3% 34.9%
To the body 11 / 13 too few to rate 66.0% 37 / 56 66.1% 66.0%
To the legs 21 / 23 too few to rate 79.1% 26 / 33 78.8% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1955.9% acc · 3.16/15 · norm 1.12
375.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
969.2% def · norm 66.7%
7:3834.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
32:4736.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
1:140:50 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
15:282:34 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.68/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.17/15 · 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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