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Michel Pereira vs. Khaos Williams

UFC 10-6-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-6-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
33
AgeΔ 1 yrs
32
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
0.6
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Khaos Williams carries real power — 0.77 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Khaos Williams rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Michel Pereira absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Michel Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 229

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Khaos Williams

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7524.28/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
5344.57/min · norm 3.17
7594.32/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6385.45/min · norm 3.08
51.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
38.2%norm 44.75%
50.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
41.2%norm 55.25%
40.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
60.77/15 · norm 0.38

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

Michel Pereira

Distance 88.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.0%)

Khaos Williams

Distance 93.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 2.0% (norm 8.1%)

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

Michel Pereira

Head 61.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Khaos Williams

Head 70.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 12.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pereira L/AAccMiddleweight med Williams L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 629 / 1294 48.6% 40.5% 477 / 1305 36.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 83 / 99 83.8% 70.6% 39 / 65 60.0% 67.8%
On the ground 40 / 70 57.1% 69.4% 18 / 28 64.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 352 / 905 38.9% 38.8% 255 / 990 25.8% 36.4%
To the body 319 / 457 69.8% 71.6% 109 / 171 63.7% 70.7%
To the legs 81 / 101 80.2% 83.3% 170 / 237 71.7% 83.0%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Pereira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Williams L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 557 / 1273 43.8% 39.5% 505 / 931 54.2% 39.1%
In the clinch 62 / 90 68.9% 70.4% 96 / 108 88.9% 68.9%
On the ground 140 / 177 79.1% 69.0% 37 / 46 80.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 471 / 1154 40.8% 37.9% 424 / 820 51.7% 35.6%
To the body 155 / 225 68.9% 71.3% 105 / 140 75.0% 69.6%
To the legs 133 / 161 82.6% 82.1% 109 / 125 87.2% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1352.0% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.31
4175.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1546.9% def · norm 63.9%
15:428.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
12:2210.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
28:232:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
17:292:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
70.60/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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