Rodolfo Rubio Perez vs.
Diego Rivas
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Rodolfo Rubio Perez
Full career not yet synced for Rodolfo Rubio Perez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Diego Rivas
Full career not yet synced for Diego Rivas — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rodolfo Rubio Perez
Distance 83.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 6.5%)
Diego Rivas
Distance 80.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rodolfo Rubio Perez
Head 74.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.3% (norm 7.8%)
Diego Rivas
Head 67.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Perez L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Rivas L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 10 / 39 | 25.6% | 40.9% | 42 / 137 | 30.7% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 7 / 35 | 20.0% | 37.2% | 36 / 116 | 31.0% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 15 / 33 | 45.5% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 18 / 22 | too few to rate | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Perez L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Rivas L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 8 / 27 | 29.6% | 39.2% | 71 / 170 | 41.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 11 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 26 / 35 | 74.3% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 10 / 33 | 30.3% | 35.9% | 57 / 160 | 35.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.9% | 27 / 41 | 65.9% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 24 / 24 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rivas has more cage time on record.