Pedro Rizzo vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

UFC 9-5-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-5-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
52
AgeΔ 3 yrs
55
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
272.5
Layoff (months)Δ 110.2 mo
162.3
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vladimir Matyushenko hunts takedowns — 2.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Pedro Rizzo carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Vladimir Matyushenko owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Pedro Rizzo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 116

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Vladimir Matyushenko

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 3 — regional circuit 192

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2861.76/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1931.95/min · norm 3.41
3652.25/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1571.59/min · norm 3.35
36.9%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 48.3%
54.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 52.9%
80.74/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.15/15 · norm 0.40

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

Pedro Rizzo

Distance 83.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 9.3%)

Vladimir Matyushenko

Distance 66.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 24.3% (norm 10.4%)

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

Pedro Rizzo

Head 77.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.6%)

Vladimir Matyushenko

Head 85.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rizzo L/AAccHeavyweight med Matyushenko L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 210 / 646 32.5% 40.1% 95 / 277 34.3% 41.4%
In the clinch 37 / 57 64.9% 70.6% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.9%
On the ground 39 / 72 54.2% 70.2% 70 / 102 68.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 145 / 599 24.2% 38.9% 143 / 359 39.8% 38.9%
To the body 16 / 16 too few to rate 76.8% 18 / 24 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 125 / 160 78.1% 87.8% 32 / 37 86.5% 81.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Rizzo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Matyushenko L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 230 / 584 39.4% 40.7% 67 / 248 27.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 57 / 98 58.2% 70.6% 57 / 64 89.1% 68.7%
On the ground 78 / 115 67.8% 72.0% 33 / 48 68.8% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 617 38.4% 38.8% 76 / 267 28.5% 37.5%
To the body 28 / 41 68.3% 75.1% 24 / 32 75.0% 72.3%
To the legs 100 / 139 71.9% 84.4% 57 / 61 93.4% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
228.6% acc · 0.18/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1940.4% acc · 2.89/15 · norm 0.87
5577.5% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1669.6% def · norm 66.7%
15:1310.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
35:0135.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
25:032:18 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
25:143:50 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.15/15 · norm 0.27

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