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Sean Alvarez vs.
Wesley Correira

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

0-1-0 Sean Alvarez · UFC
2-2-0 Wesley Correira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
55
AgeΔ 8 yrs
47
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
279.4
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
268.1
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWL
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.

Wesley Correira absorbs 9.38 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Sean Alvarez owns the mat — in control 48% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Wesley Correira carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
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.

Sean Alvarez

Full career not yet synced for Sean Alvarez — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Wesley Correira

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

60.89/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
652.96/min · norm 3.36
223.25/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2069.38/min · norm 3.19
37.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 47.8%
47.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
39.2%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.68/15 · norm 0.28

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

Sean Alvarez

Distance 62.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 37.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 9.3%)

Wesley Correira

Distance 63.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 35.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 9.3%)

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

Sean Alvarez

Head 50.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 43.8% (norm 7.6%)

Wesley Correira

Head 93.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alvarez L/AAccHeavyweight med Correira L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 5 / 10 too few to rate 40.1% 33 / 102 32.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 1 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 31 / 57 54.4% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 8 too few to rate 38.9% 57 / 149 38.3% 38.9%
To the body 0 / 1 too few to rate 76.8% 5 / 5 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 87.8% 3 / 6 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Alvarez L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Correira L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 11 too few to rate 40.7% 131 / 226 58.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 19 / 31 61.3% 70.6% 75 / 113 66.4% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 41 51.2% 38.8% 168 / 288 58.3% 38.8%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 75.1% 15 / 20 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 84.4% 23 / 31 74.2% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
0— def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
9100.0% def · norm 64.3%
3:1748.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:211.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
0:140:31 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:503:18 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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