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Klidson Abreu vs.
Sam Alvey

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

1-2-0 (1 NC) Klidson Abreu · UFC
10-13-1 Sam Alvey · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-13-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 7 yrs
40
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
74.2
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
48
NCLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLD
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.

Sam Alvey rarely shoots — 0.06 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Sam Alvey carries real power — 0.45 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Klidson Abreu is wasteful with body shots — only 45% land, vs a 72% Light Heavyweight 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.

Klidson Abreu

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

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

Sam Alvey

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

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

962.05/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
7583.28/min · norm 3.25
1362.90/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
8393.63/min · norm 3.20
40.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
44.5%norm 47.4%
55.6%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.45/15 · norm 0.32

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

Klidson Abreu

Distance 93.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 10.4%)

Sam Alvey

Distance 85.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Klidson Abreu

Head 64.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 17.4% (norm 9.7%)

Sam Alvey

Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abreu L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Alvey L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 86 / 220 39.1% 41.4% 576 / 1450 39.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.9% 152 / 208 73.1% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 72.3% 30 / 45 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 151 25.2% 38.9% 511 / 1390 36.8% 38.9%
To the body 20 / 44 45.5% 71.9% 116 / 156 74.4% 71.7%
To the legs 38 / 41 92.7% 81.8% 131 / 157 83.4% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Abreu L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Alvey L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 112 / 276 40.6% 40.4% 703 / 1576 44.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 12 / 15 too few to rate 68.7% 91 / 137 66.4% 70.9%
On the ground 12 / 15 too few to rate 70.4% 45 / 63 71.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 53 / 186 28.5% 37.5% 464 / 1233 37.6% 37.9%
To the body 38 / 59 64.4% 72.3% 172 / 306 56.2% 71.3%
To the legs 45 / 61 73.8% 83.0% 203 / 237 85.7% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

220.0% acc · 0.64/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
114.3% acc · 0.06/15 · norm 1.42
480.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
5582.1% def · norm 63.1%
3:056.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
13:065.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:342:44 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
33:372:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.06/15 · norm 0.47

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

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