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Michel Prazeres vs.
Bartosz Fabinski

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

10-4-0 Michel Prazeres · UFC
3-3-0 Bartosz Fabinski · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-4-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
45
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
5'6"
HeightΔ 6"
6'0"
67"
ReachΔ 8"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.3
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
63.6
LLWWW
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.

Bartosz Fabinski hunts takedowns — 7.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Bartosz Fabinski owns the mat — in control 79% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Michel Prazeres hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Michel Prazeres

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

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Bartosz Fabinski

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4072.38/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1132.23/min · norm 3.25
4302.51/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
741.46/min · norm 3.20
47.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
68.1%norm 47.4%
57.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 53.8%
20.18/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Michel Prazeres

Distance 83.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 8.0%)

Bartosz Fabinski

Distance 37.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 33.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 28.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Michel Prazeres

Head 77.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 7.9%)

Bartosz Fabinski

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Prazeres L/AAccLightweight med Fabinski L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 717 41.6% 37.9% 30 / 62 48.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 42 / 67 62.7% 67.3% 50 / 56 89.3% 70.3%
On the ground 67 / 79 84.8% 69.1% 33 / 48 68.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 273 / 668 40.9% 35.0% 68 / 119 57.1% 38.9%
To the body 63 / 108 58.3% 69.1% 34 / 36 94.4% 71.7%
To the legs 71 / 87 81.6% 81.9% 11 / 11 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Prazeres L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Fabinski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 290 / 821 35.3% 38.9% 28 / 98 28.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 81 / 105 77.1% 68.6% 27 / 32 84.4% 70.9%
On the ground 59 / 87 67.8% 68.0% 19 / 22 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 766 30.4% 35.1% 58 / 132 43.9% 37.9%
To the body 117 / 154 76.0% 68.1% 8 / 12 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 80 / 93 86.0% 81.5% 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4536.0% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2470.6% acc · 7.10/15 · norm 1.42
1147.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
480.0% def · norm 63.1%
55:5732.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
40:1079.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
27:042:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
5:301:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
70.61/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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