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Raoni Barcelos vs. Kurt Holobaugh

UFC 11-5-0 vs. 2-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-5-0
UFC record
2-7-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
40
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.8
Layoff (months)Δ 15.9 mo
16.7
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Raoni Barcelos is a submission threat — 0.96 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Raoni Barcelos hunts takedowns — 2.88 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Kurt Holobaugh is a submission threat — 0.77 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Raoni Barcelos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.47 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Kurt Holobaugh

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 27
Tier 3 — regional circuit 203

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10454.77/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4564.65/min · norm 3.44
9504.34/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4434.52/min · norm 3.38
52.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.0%norm 43.65%
60.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
48.5%norm 56.3%
50.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.15/15 · norm 0.25

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

Raoni Barcelos

Distance 84.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.4%)

Kurt Holobaugh

Distance 86.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Raoni Barcelos

Head 82.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)

Kurt Holobaugh

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Barcelos L/AAccBantamweight med Holobaugh L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 798 / 1680 47.5% 39.2% 357 / 880 40.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 73 / 93 78.5% 69.0% 75 / 104 72.1% 67.5%
On the ground 174 / 225 77.3% 70.2% 24 / 30 80.0% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 762 / 1649 46.2% 35.3% 283 / 784 36.1% 35.1%
To the body 158 / 204 77.5% 66.9% 113 / 153 73.9% 69.1%
To the legs 125 / 145 86.2% 79.2% 60 / 77 77.9% 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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Barcelos L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Holobaugh L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 833 / 2200 37.9% 39.4% 292 / 648 45.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 76 / 117 65.0% 70.6% 72 / 102 70.6% 68.6%
On the ground 41 / 57 71.9% 72.1% 79 / 110 71.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 634 / 1953 32.5% 34.9% 329 / 717 45.9% 35.2%
To the body 184 / 268 68.7% 66.1% 80 / 103 77.7% 68.2%
To the legs 132 / 153 86.3% 78.8% 34 / 40 85.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4233.3% acc · 2.88/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
533.3% acc · 0.77/15 · norm 1.34
3886.4% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
1336.1% def · norm 63.7%
55:0525.2% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
16:1616.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
13:340:55 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
41:386:22 per 15 · norm 2:50
140.96/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
50.77/15 · norm 0.48

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