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Micheal Gillmore vs.
Andre Petroski

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

0-2-0 Micheal Gillmore · UFC
8-5-0 Andre Petroski · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
8-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39.4
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
35.2
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
53.3
Layoff (months)Δ 50.6 mo
2.7
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Andre Petroski is a submission threat — 1.23 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Andre Petroski hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Micheal Gillmore rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns 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.

Micheal Gillmore

Full career not yet synced for Micheal Gillmore — 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

Andre Petroski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 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

312.04/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3702.75/min · norm 3.25
463.02/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4022.99/min · norm 3.20
57.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 47.4%
43.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.32

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

Micheal Gillmore

Distance 94.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 8.1%)

Andre Petroski

Distance 83.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Micheal Gillmore

Head 64.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 27.8% (norm 8.4%)

Andre Petroski

Head 77.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gillmore L/AAccWelterweight med Petroski L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 51 54.9% 38.6% 278 / 628 44.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.8% 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2% 83 / 113 73.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 35 40.0% 37.2% 237 / 579 40.9% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.7% 74 / 96 77.1% 71.7%
To the legs 13 / 15 too few to rate 82.9% 59 / 77 76.6% 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 Gillmore L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Petroski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 17 / 43 39.5% 39.0% 319 / 700 45.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.9% 21 / 26 80.8% 70.9%
On the ground 29 / 38 76.3% 68.0% 62 / 103 60.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 70 51.4% 35.6% 281 / 658 42.7% 37.9%
To the body 10 / 11 too few to rate 69.6% 64 / 96 66.7% 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 57 / 75 76.0% 82.1%
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 1.27
Takedowns landed
2852.8% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.42
550.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1986.4% def · norm 63.1%
0:030.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
52:3239.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
9:119:02 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:540:52 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
111.23/15 · norm 0.47

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

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