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Mike Perry vs.
Paul Felder

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

7-8-0 Mike Perry · UFC
9-6-0 Paul Felder · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-8-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34
AgeΔ 8 yrs
42
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
63.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
68.7
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Mike Perry carries real power — 0.72 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Paul Felder rarely shoots — 0.29 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Mike Perry absorbs 5.16 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
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.

Mike Perry

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

In the UFC: 6-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Paul Felder

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

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7224.32/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
7633.70/min · norm 3.42
8615.16/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
7093.44/min · norm 3.37
47.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 43.5%
52.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
48.8%norm 56.3%
80.72/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.22/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mike Perry

Distance 85.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 8.1%)

Paul Felder

Distance 82.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mike Perry

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 8.4%)

Paul Felder

Head 75.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Perry L/AAccWelterweight med Felder L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 562 / 1304 43.1% 38.6% 557 / 1406 39.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 88 / 125 70.4% 67.8% 110 / 165 66.7% 67.3%
On the ground 72 / 93 77.4% 67.2% 96 / 139 69.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 457 / 1173 39.0% 37.2% 449 / 1294 34.7% 35.0%
To the body 113 / 179 63.1% 70.7% 149 / 213 70.0% 69.1%
To the legs 152 / 170 89.4% 82.9% 165 / 203 81.3% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Perry L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Felder L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 800 / 1745 45.8% 39.0% 596 / 1218 48.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 40 / 56 71.4% 68.9% 81 / 116 69.8% 68.6%
On the ground 21 / 27 77.8% 68.0% 32 / 50 64.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 542 / 1417 38.2% 35.6% 354 / 928 38.1% 35.1%
To the body 124 / 193 64.2% 69.6% 185 / 247 74.9% 68.1%
To the legs 195 / 218 89.4% 82.1% 170 / 209 81.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

940.9% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
428.6% acc · 0.29/15 · norm 1.38
2278.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4864.9% def · norm 64.0%
26:1715.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
25:3212.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
8:310:45 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
52:043:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.18/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.22/15 · norm 0.49

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

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