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Louie Sutherland vs.
Valter Walker

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 Louie Sutherland · UFC
5-1-0 Valter Walker · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
5-1-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
32
AgeΔ 4 yrs
28
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'6"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.8 mo
0.4
WLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWW
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.

Valter Walker is a submission threat — 3.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Valter Walker hunts takedowns — 5.39 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Louie Sutherland hunts takedowns — 4.95 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 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.

Louie Sutherland

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Valter Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

331.81/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
481.92/min · norm 3.36
372.03/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
672.67/min · norm 3.19
68.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.8%
30.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
43.2%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Louie Sutherland

Distance 60.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 22.9% (norm 9.3%)

Valter Walker

Distance 75.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Louie Sutherland

Head 68.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 22.9% (norm 7.6%)

Valter Walker

Head 70.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sutherland L/AAccHeavyweight med Walker L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 29 58.6% 40.1% 34 / 69 49.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.6% 5 / 12 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 11 too few to rate 70.2% 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 33 63.6% 38.9% 24 / 64 37.5% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 4 too few to rate 76.8% 9 / 11 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 87.8% 15 / 16 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · 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 Sutherland L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Walker L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 12 / 23 too few to rate 40.7% 63 / 111 56.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 14 / 15 too few to rate 70.6% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 15 too few to rate 72.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 25 / 41 61.0% 38.8% 33 / 81 40.7% 38.8%
To the body 8 / 8 too few to rate 75.1% 17 / 20 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 4 / 4 too few to rate 84.4% 17 / 17 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

642.9% acc · 4.95/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
969.2% acc · 5.39/15 · norm 0.95
00.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 64.3%
12:2568.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
13:1953.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
1:321:15 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
1:230:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
63.59/15 · norm 0.16

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

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