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Raphael Assuncao vs.
Victor Henry

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

12-7-0 Raphael Assuncao · UFC
4-2-0 (1 NC) Victor Henry · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-7-0
UFC record
4-2-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
44
AgeΔ 4.7 yrs
39.3
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
66"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
40.9
Layoff (months)Δ 24.9 mo
16
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWNCW
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.

Victor Henry outworks the Bantamweight division — 7.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Victor Henry carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Raphael Assuncao hunts takedowns — 1.59 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.

Raphael Assuncao

Full career not yet synced for Raphael Assuncao — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 8-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Victor Henry

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 62
Tier 3 — regional circuit 195

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7863.46/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
6217.17/min · norm 3.52
6252.76/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4495.19/min · norm 3.58
43.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 43.4%
66.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
48.0%norm 56.6%
20.13/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
30.52/15 · norm 0.30

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

Raphael Assuncao

Distance 88.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.5%)

Victor Henry

Distance 86.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Raphael Assuncao

Head 71.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.2% (norm 8.4%)

Victor Henry

Head 72.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.8% (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 Assuncao L/AAccBantamweight med Henry L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 639 / 1593 40.1% 39.0% 507 / 1013 50.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 80 / 116 69.0% 68.7% 82 / 111 73.9% 68.7%
On the ground 67 / 90 74.4% 70.2% 32 / 44 72.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 418 / 1293 32.3% 34.9% 356 / 844 42.2% 34.9%
To the body 126 / 197 64.0% 66.8% 200 / 243 82.3% 66.8%
To the legs 242 / 309 78.3% 79.4% 65 / 81 80.2% 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 Assuncao L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Henry L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 578 / 1761 32.8% 39.3% 382 / 784 48.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 29 / 52 55.8% 70.4% 58 / 68 85.3% 70.4%
On the ground 18 / 23 too few to rate 72.4% 9 / 12 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 274 / 1322 20.7% 34.9% 280 / 659 42.5% 34.9%
To the body 158 / 252 62.7% 66.0% 77 / 103 74.8% 66.0%
To the legs 193 / 262 73.7% 79.1% 92 / 102 90.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2438.7% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
642.9% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.12
3078.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4781.0% def · norm 66.7%
29:2913.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
14:2216.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
15:161:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
12:382:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.13/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.35/15 · norm 0.28

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

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