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Sean Spencer vs.
Yuri Villefort

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

3-5-0 Sean Spencer · UFC
0-2-0 Yuri Villefort · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-5-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 4 yrs
35
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
118.8
Layoff (months)Δ 36.2 mo
155
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Yuri Villefort absorbs 7.33 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Sean Spencer rarely shoots — 0.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Yuri Villefort hunts takedowns — 2.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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 Spencer

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Yuri Villefort

Full career not yet synced for Yuri Villefort — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4564.24/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1173.90/min · norm 3.17
4324.02/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2207.33/min · norm 3.06
32.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.3%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.7%norm 55.25%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Sean Spencer

Distance 92.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 8.1%)

Yuri Villefort

Distance 93.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Sean Spencer

Head 87.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)

Yuri Villefort

Head 72.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Spencer L/AAccWelterweight med Villefort L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 391 / 1302 30.0% 38.6% 109 / 265 41.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 49 / 84 58.3% 67.8% 5 / 15 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 16 / 20 too few to rate 67.2% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 345 / 1225 28.2% 37.2% 56 / 204 27.5% 37.2%
To the body 77 / 136 56.6% 70.7% 20 / 36 55.6% 70.7%
To the legs 34 / 45 75.6% 82.9% 41 / 43 95.3% 82.9%

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: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Spencer L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Villefort L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 332 / 947 35.1% 39.0% 170 / 439 38.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 60 / 97 61.9% 68.9% 21 / 25 84.0% 68.9%
On the ground 40 / 56 71.4% 68.0% 29 / 33 87.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 898 31.0% 35.6% 184 / 452 40.7% 35.6%
To the body 54 / 98 55.1% 69.6% 23 / 32 71.9% 69.6%
To the legs 100 / 104 96.2% 82.1% 13 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

133.3% acc · 0.14/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
430.8% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.27
4069.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.9%
7:006.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
3:3011.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
23:143:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
2:201:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.45

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

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