Rodrigo Damm vs.
Antonio Carvalho
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.
Rodrigo Damm
Full career not yet synced for Rodrigo Damm — 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 +0.4 wins over .500
Antonio Carvalho
Full career not yet synced for Antonio Carvalho — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 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)
Rodrigo Damm
Distance 97.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 8.0%)
Antonio Carvalho
Distance 94.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rodrigo Damm
Head 83.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 7.9%)
Antonio Carvalho
Head 77.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 4.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Damm L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Carvalho L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 332 / 923 | 36.0% | 37.9% | 92 / 332 | 27.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 17 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 246 / 792 | 31.1% | 35.0% | 45 / 272 | 16.5% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 40 / 69 | 58.0% | 69.1% | 9 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 60 / 84 | 71.4% | 81.9% | 50 / 65 | 76.9% | 80.7% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Damm L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Carvalho L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 505 / 1213 | 41.6% | 38.9% | 108 / 327 | 33.0% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 18 / 31 | 58.1% | 68.6% | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 331 / 969 | 34.2% | 35.1% | 80 / 283 | 28.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 99 / 159 | 62.3% | 68.1% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 99 / 124 | 79.8% | 81.5% | 22 / 42 | 52.4% | 81.5% |
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 — Damm has more cage time on record.