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Luigi Fioravanti vs.
Jon Fitch

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
14-3-1 Jon Fitch · 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
14-3-1
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45.5
AgeΔ 2.9 yrs
48.4
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
209.9
Layoff (months)Δ 47.8 mo
162.1
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLDW
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.
Jon Fitch owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Jon Fitch hunts takedowns — 3.64 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 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

Jon Fitch

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

In the UFC: 10-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 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
6302.64/min · norm 3.17
2122.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3711.55/min · norm 3.06
42.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 44.9%
69.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
53.7%norm 55.25%
20.31/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.13/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Jon Fitch

Distance 44.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 37.1% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Jon Fitch

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.1% (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 Fitch L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 290 36.9% 38.6% 186 / 540 34.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 65 / 126 51.6% 67.8% 136 / 231 58.9% 67.8%
On the ground 42 / 83 50.6% 67.2% 308 / 454 67.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 372 30.1% 37.2% 414 / 945 43.8% 37.2%
To the body 30 / 43 69.8% 70.7% 129 / 169 76.3% 70.7%
To the legs 72 / 84 85.7% 82.9% 87 / 111 78.4% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Fitch L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 507 21.1% 39.0% 171 / 517 33.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 63 / 123 51.2% 68.9% 125 / 177 70.6% 68.9%
On the ground 42 / 75 56.0% 68.0% 75 / 107 70.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 554 22.2% 35.6% 211 / 604 34.9% 35.6%
To the body 62 / 107 57.9% 69.6% 69 / 96 71.9% 69.6%
To the legs 27 / 44 61.4% 82.1% 91 / 101 90.1% 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
5854.7% acc · 3.64/15 · norm 1.27
1967.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3355.9% def · norm 63.9%
25:2426.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
128:2653.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
18:442:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
55:033:27 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.94/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
140.88/15 · norm 0.45

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

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