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Luigi Fioravanti vs.
Chris Leben

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
12-10-0 Chris Leben · 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
12-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45.5
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
46
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
209.9
Layoff (months)Δ 58.7 mo
151.2
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.
Chris Leben is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight 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

Chris Leben

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

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2142.23/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5722.88/min · norm 3.25
2122.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5672.85/min · norm 3.20
42.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 47.4%
69.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.1%norm 53.8%
20.31/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.38/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Chris Leben

Distance 63.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 22.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.3%)

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%)

Chris Leben

Head 74.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 14.6% (norm 8.4%)

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 Leben L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 290 36.9% 38.6% 284 / 842 33.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 65 / 126 51.6% 67.8% 162 / 299 54.2% 70.3%
On the ground 42 / 83 50.6% 67.2% 126 / 192 65.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 372 30.1% 37.2% 345 / 987 35.0% 38.9%
To the body 30 / 43 69.8% 70.7% 95 / 152 62.5% 71.7%
To the legs 72 / 84 85.7% 82.9% 132 / 194 68.0% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Fioravanti L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Leben L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 507 21.1% 39.0% 326 / 791 41.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 63 / 123 51.2% 68.9% 142 / 239 59.4% 70.9%
On the ground 42 / 75 56.0% 68.0% 99 / 178 55.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 554 22.2% 35.6% 396 / 979 40.4% 37.9%
To the body 62 / 107 57.9% 69.6% 115 / 154 74.7% 71.3%
To the legs 27 / 44 61.4% 82.1% 56 / 75 74.7% 82.1%
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
1745.9% acc · 1.28/15 · norm 1.42
1967.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3954.9% def · norm 63.1%
25:2426.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
52:3626.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
18:442:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
58:414:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.94/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.75/15 · norm 0.47

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

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