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Levi Rodrigues Jr. vs.
Felipe Franco

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

0-1-0 Levi Rodrigues Jr. · UFC
1-1-0 Felipe Franco · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
Age
25
Height
6'1"
Reach
76"
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.6
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WL
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.

Felipe Franco hunts takedowns — 2.08 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Levi Rodrigues Jr. rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 69% of their head shots on Levi Rodrigues Jr., vs a 38% Light Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

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

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

Felipe Franco

Full career not yet synced for Felipe Franco — 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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

111.65/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
602.77/min · norm 3.41
395.85/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
452.08/min · norm 3.35
34.4%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
51.7%norm 48.3%
30.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

Felipe Franco

Distance 61.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 31.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

Head 84.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 0.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 15.6% (norm 9.7%)

Felipe Franco

Head 91.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jr. L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Franco L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 11 / 32 34.4% 41.4% 25 / 71 35.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3% 27 / 36 75.0% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 27 25.9% 38.9% 51 / 106 48.1% 38.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.9% 8 / 9 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 4 / 5 too few to rate 81.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.8%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Jr. L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Franco L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 12 / 20 too few to rate 40.4% 31 / 74 41.9% 40.4%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.7% 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 27 / 36 75.0% 70.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 38 / 55 69.1% 37.5% 32 / 75 42.7% 37.5%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.3% 6 / 7 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.0% 7 / 8 too few to rate 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 2.08/15 · norm 0.87
350.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1285.7% def · norm 66.7%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:5117.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
3:518:39 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
6:154:19 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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