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Pat Sabatini vs. Joanderson Brito

UFC 9-2-0 vs. 8-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-2-0
UFC record
8-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
1
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Pat Sabatini owns the mat — in control 71% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.
Pat Sabatini hunts takedowns — 4.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Joanderson Brito is a submission threat — 1.34 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Pat Sabatini

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 92
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.22 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Joanderson Brito

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1781.69/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2082.33/min · norm 3.52
1221.16/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2102.35/min · norm 3.50
54.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
50.6%norm 44.7%
54.1%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
43.1%norm 54.8%
10.14/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

Pat Sabatini

Distance 54.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 35.9% (norm 6.5%)

Joanderson Brito

Distance 72.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Pat Sabatini

Head 79.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)

Joanderson Brito

Head 71.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sabatini L/AAccFeatherweight med Brito L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 69 / 179 38.5% 40.5% 124 / 299 41.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 21 / 30 70.0% 70.5% 31 / 41 75.6% 70.5%
On the ground 88 / 117 75.2% 69.3% 53 / 71 74.6% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 259 49.0% 37.1% 115 / 294 39.1% 37.1%
To the body 31 / 42 73.8% 68.0% 28 / 40 70.0% 68.0%
To the legs 20 / 25 80.0% 80.3% 65 / 77 84.4% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Sabatini L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brito L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 195 39.5% 39.3% 111 / 255 43.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 26 / 37 70.3% 70.3% 63 / 75 84.0% 70.3%
On the ground 19 / 34 55.9% 69.4% 36 / 39 92.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 65 / 198 32.8% 35.9% 130 / 254 51.2% 35.9%
To the body 38 / 45 84.4% 68.0% 56 / 87 64.4% 68.0%
To the legs 19 / 23 too few to rate 81.5% 24 / 28 85.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3041.1% acc · 4.27/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1866.7% acc · 3.02/15 · norm 1.17
450.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1557.7% def · norm 61.5%
74:5171.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
32:1636.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
8:541:15 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
35:055:53 per 15 · norm 3:11
91.28/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
81.34/15 · norm 0.45

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