Rodrigo Damm vs. Antonio Carvalho
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Rodrigo Damm
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.27 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Antonio Carvalho
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.64 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rodrigo Damm
Distance 97.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 8.0%)
Antonio Carvalho
Distance 94.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rodrigo Damm
Head 83.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.0%)
Antonio Carvalho
Head 77.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 4.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.4% (norm 7.9%)
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% | 38.3% | 92 / 332 | 27.7% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 17 | too few to rate | 67.5% | 7 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 5 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 246 / 792 | 31.1% | 35.1% | 45 / 272 | 16.5% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 40 / 69 | 58.0% | 69.1% | 9 / 16 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 60 / 84 | 71.4% | 81.8% | 50 / 65 | 76.9% | 80.3% |
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: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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% | 38.8% | 108 / 327 | 33.0% | 39.3% |
| 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% | 35.2% | 80 / 283 | 28.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 99 / 159 | 62.3% | 68.2% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 99 / 124 | 79.8% | 81.5% | 22 / 42 | 52.4% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Damm has more cage time on record.