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Roan Carneiro vs. Rich Clementi

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
48
AgeΔ 2 yrs
50
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
116.2
Layoff (months)Δ 96.2 mo
212.4
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Roan Carneiro is a submission threat — 1.54 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Roan Carneiro hunts takedowns — 3.08 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Rich Clementi is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Roan Carneiro

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 148

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.29 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Rich Clementi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 710
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3813

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.53 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 36 finish wins over 69 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1331.51/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1711.56/min · norm 3.44
1471.67/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2562.34/min · norm 3.38
48.0%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
37.3%norm 43.65%
65.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Roan Carneiro

Distance 60.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 28.2% (norm 8.1%)

Rich Clementi

Distance 81.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Roan Carneiro

Head 85.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.0%)

Rich Clementi

Head 79.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Carneiro L/AAccWelterweight med Clementi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 168 36.3% 38.5% 117 / 375 31.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 25 / 31 80.6% 67.8% 31 / 52 59.6% 67.5%
On the ground 47 / 78 60.3% 67.0% 23 / 32 71.9% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 98 / 236 41.5% 36.4% 95 / 364 26.1% 35.1%
To the body 18 / 24 too few to rate 70.7% 27 / 35 77.1% 69.1%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 83.0% 49 / 60 81.7% 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 (Welterweight: 180 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 Carneiro L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Clementi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 61 / 267 22.8% 39.1% 164 / 541 30.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 24 / 35 68.6% 68.9% 58 / 80 72.5% 68.6%
On the ground 62 / 122 50.8% 68.0% 34 / 66 51.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 89 / 342 26.0% 35.6% 153 / 565 27.1% 35.2%
To the body 33 / 50 66.0% 69.6% 49 / 63 77.8% 68.2%
To the legs 25 / 32 78.1% 82.2% 54 / 59 91.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1847.4% acc · 3.08/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1442.4% acc · 1.92/15 · norm 1.34
583.3% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
626.1% def · norm 63.7%
38:0043.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
24:5822.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
21:153:37 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
34:304:43 per 15 · norm 2:50
91.54/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
81.10/15 · norm 0.48

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