Kurt Pellegrino vs. Drew Fickett
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Kurt Pellegrino
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 23 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
Drew Fickett
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 34 | 20 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.3 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 32 finish wins over 63 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Kurt Pellegrino
Distance 64.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 27.3% (norm 8.0%)
Drew Fickett
Distance 53.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 27.1% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Kurt Pellegrino
Head 88.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.0%)
Drew Fickett
Head 72.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pellegrino L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Fickett L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 140 / 453 | 30.9% | 38.3% | 57 / 199 | 28.6% | 38.5% |
| In the clinch | 34 / 55 | 61.8% | 67.5% | 50 / 73 | 68.5% | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 130 / 191 | 68.1% | 68.8% | 48 / 101 | 47.5% | 67.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 240 / 617 | 38.9% | 35.1% | 74 / 271 | 27.3% | 36.4% |
| To the body | 46 / 57 | 80.7% | 69.1% | 54 / 65 | 83.1% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 81.8% | 27 / 37 | 73.0% | 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Pellegrino L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Fickett L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 137 / 501 | 27.3% | 38.8% | 63 / 193 | 32.6% | 39.1% |
| In the clinch | 33 / 45 | 73.3% | 68.6% | 32 / 58 | 55.2% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 70 / 106 | 66.0% | 68.0% | 46 / 84 | 54.8% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 186 / 574 | 32.4% | 35.2% | 116 / 307 | 37.8% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 34 / 51 | 66.7% | 68.2% | 15 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 81.5% | 10 / 11 | too few to rate | 82.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pellegrino has more cage time on record.