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Raulian Paiva 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.

3-4-0 Raulian Paiva · 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.

3-4-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30.8
AgeΔ 0.4 yrs
31.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
49.4
Layoff (months)Δ 45.8 mo
3.6
LLWWW
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.
Raulian Paiva rarely shoots — 0.58 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Raulian Paiva absorbs 4.63 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Raulian Paiva

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 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

3013.89/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
6434.68/min · norm 3.52
3584.63/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
5283.84/min · norm 3.58
40.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
42.9%norm 43.4%
52.1%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
59.0%norm 56.6%
10.19/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.30

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

Raulian Paiva

Distance 94.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 7.3%)

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)

Raulian Paiva

Head 75.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.3%)

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 Paiva L/AAccFlyweight med Phillips L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 709 38.6% 40.0% 519 / 1324 39.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 18 / 26 69.2% 70.4% 38 / 54 70.4% 68.7%
On the ground 9 / 17 too few to rate 69.7% 86 / 121 71.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 176 / 571 30.8% 37.6% 434 / 1226 35.4% 34.9%
To the body 80 / 125 64.0% 68.5% 118 / 169 69.8% 66.8%
To the legs 45 / 56 80.4% 80.0% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Paiva L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Phillips L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 316 / 691 45.7% 40.1% 461 / 1187 38.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.8% 47 / 66 71.2% 70.4%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 71.1% 20 / 34 58.8% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 225 / 577 39.0% 35.2% 307 / 975 31.5% 34.9%
To the body 72 / 102 70.6% 68.2% 146 / 223 65.5% 66.0%
To the legs 61 / 68 89.7% 80.3% 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.

318.8% acc · 0.58/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
2647.3% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.12
3574.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 66.7%
7:5410.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
28:2120.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
9:501:54 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
13:451:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.19/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
30.33/15 · norm 0.28

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

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