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Raoni Barcelos vs.
Kyler Phillips

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

11-4-0 Raoni Barcelos · UFC
6-4-0 Kyler Phillips · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-4-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39.3
AgeΔ 8.1 yrs
31.2
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
67"
ReachΔ 5"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0.2 mo
3.6
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Kyler Phillips hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Raoni Barcelos is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Raoni Barcelos hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
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.

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: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Kyler Phillips

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.27 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9184.65/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6434.68/min · norm 3.52
8374.24/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5283.84/min · norm 3.58
51.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 43.4%
60.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 56.6%
50.38/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.30

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

Raoni Barcelos

Distance 82.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 12.6% (norm 6.5%)

Kyler Phillips

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Raoni Barcelos

Head 82.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 8.4%)

Kyler Phillips

Head 81.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

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 Phillips L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 681 / 1471 46.3% 39.0% 519 / 1324 39.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 64 / 80 80.0% 68.7% 38 / 54 70.4% 68.7%
On the ground 173 / 224 77.2% 70.2% 86 / 121 71.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 672 / 1469 45.7% 34.9% 434 / 1226 35.4% 34.9%
To the body 124 / 164 75.6% 66.8% 118 / 169 69.8% 66.8%
To the legs 122 / 142 85.9% 79.4% 91 / 104 87.5% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Barcelos L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Phillips L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 741 / 1976 37.5% 39.3% 461 / 1187 38.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 59 / 96 61.5% 70.4% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4%
On the ground 37 / 51 72.5% 72.4% 20 / 34 58.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 545 / 1730 31.5% 34.9% 307 / 975 31.5% 34.9%
To the body 170 / 250 68.0% 66.0% 146 / 223 65.5% 66.0%
To the legs 122 / 143 85.3% 79.1% 75 / 89 84.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3331.7% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2647.3% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.12
3687.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 66.7%
48:4424.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
28:2120.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
12:400:57 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
13:451:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
90.68/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.33/15 · norm 0.28

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

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