Phillipe Nover vs.
Renan Barao
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Phillipe Nover
Full career not yet synced for Phillipe Nover — 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 +0.7 wins over .500
Renan Barao
Full career not yet synced for Renan Barao — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Phillipe Nover
Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)
Renan Barao
Distance 90.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Phillipe Nover
Head 76.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)
Renan Barao
Head 75.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Nover L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Barao L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 114 / 382 | 29.8% | 40.9% | 772 / 2279 | 33.9% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 44 / 60 | 73.3% | 70.8% | 107 / 160 | 66.9% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 5 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 43 / 69 | 62.3% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 96 / 348 | 27.6% | 37.2% | 538 / 1893 | 28.4% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 47 / 81 | 58.0% | 68.2% | 211 / 376 | 56.1% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 80.7% | 173 / 239 | 72.4% | 79.4% |
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: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Nover L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Barao L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 120 / 360 | 33.3% | 39.2% | 816 / 2086 | 39.1% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 61 / 77 | 79.2% | 70.3% | 84 / 119 | 70.6% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 45 / 81 | 55.6% | 69.4% | 57 / 74 | 77.0% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 98 / 341 | 28.7% | 35.9% | 654 / 1854 | 35.3% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 55 / 86 | 64.0% | 67.9% | 178 / 270 | 65.9% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 73 / 91 | 80.2% | 81.5% | 125 / 155 | 80.6% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Barao has more cage time on record.