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Luigi Fioravanti vs.
Brodie Farber

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

4-5-0 Luigi Fioravanti · UFC
0-2-0 Brodie Farber · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Catch Weight
45.5
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
46.1
5'8"
HeightΔ 5"
6'1"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
209.9
Layoff (months)Δ 1.9 mo
211.8
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Luigi Fioravanti hunts takedowns — 3.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Luigi Fioravanti is a submission threat — 0.94 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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.

Luigi Fioravanti

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Brodie Farber

Full career not yet synced for Brodie Farber — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2142.23/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
281.69/min · norm —
2122.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
362.17/min · norm —
42.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm —
69.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.2%norm —
20.31/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm —

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

Luigi Fioravanti

Distance 58.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 8.1%)

Brodie Farber

Distance 78.7% (norm —) · Clinch 14.8% (norm —) · Ground 6.6% (norm —)

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

Luigi Fioravanti

Head 74.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.4%)

Brodie Farber

Head 77.0% (norm —) · Body 13.1% (norm —) · Legs 9.8% (norm —)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fioravanti L/AAccWelterweight med Farber L/AAccCatch Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 290 36.9% 38.6% 20 / 48 41.7%
In the clinch 65 / 126 51.6% 67.8% 7 / 9 too few to rate
On the ground 42 / 83 50.6% 67.2% 1 / 4 too few to rate
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 372 30.1% 37.2% 18 / 47 38.3%
To the body 30 / 43 69.8% 70.7% 6 / 8 too few to rate
To the legs 72 / 84 85.7% 82.9% 4 / 6 too few to rate

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Catch Weight: 0 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 Fioravanti L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Farber L/AOpp accCatch Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 507 21.1% 39.0% 17 / 46 37.0%
In the clinch 63 / 123 51.2% 68.9% 7 / 13 too few to rate
On the ground 42 / 75 56.0% 68.0% 12 / 18 too few to rate
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 554 22.2% 35.6% 20 / 58 34.5%
To the body 62 / 107 57.9% 69.6% 4 / 5 too few to rate
To the legs 27 / 44 61.4% 82.1% 12 / 14 too few to rate
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2463.2% acc · 3.76/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.90/15 · norm —
1967.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
220.0% def · norm —
25:2426.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:333.3% of cage time · norm —
18:442:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
9:518:53 per 15 · norm —
60.94/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.90/15 · norm —

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

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