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Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alex Pereira

UFC 9-3-0 vs. 10-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-3-0
UFC record
10-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 5 yrs
39
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'4"
84"
ReachΔ 5"
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
4.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0.5 mo
4.2
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sergei Pavlovich carries real power — 1.89 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.
Alex Pereira carries real power — 0.75 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alex Pereira rarely shoots — 0.11 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sergei Pavlovich

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 120

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.6 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Alex Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 102
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 21

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.8 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2854.49/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
6975.01/min · norm 3.48
2273.58/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5183.72/min · norm 3.37
44.7%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
61.4%norm 48.45%
56.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 52.75%
81.89/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
70.75/15 · norm 0.40

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

Sergei Pavlovich

Distance 87.3% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 9.3%)

Alex Pereira

Distance 85.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 10.6%)

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

Sergei Pavlovich

Head 89.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.6%)

Alex Pereira

Head 59.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 21.0% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pavlovich L/AAccHeavyweight med Pereira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 557 42.2% 40.1% 566 / 975 58.1% 41.5%
In the clinch 19 / 36 52.8% 70.4% 72 / 83 86.7% 70.8%
On the ground 31 / 45 68.9% 70.2% 59 / 78 75.6% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 237 / 573 41.4% 39.0% 326 / 672 48.5% 39.2%
To the body 30 / 46 65.2% 77.0% 180 / 225 80.0% 72.0%
To the legs 18 / 19 too few to rate 87.8% 191 / 239 79.9% 82.1%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Pavlovich L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 490 41.6% 40.7% 444 / 994 44.7% 40.6%
In the clinch 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.6% 41 / 58 70.7% 68.8%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 72.2% 33 / 40 82.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 113 / 352 32.1% 39.3% 283 / 781 36.2% 37.7%
To the body 38 / 61 62.3% 75.1% 118 / 177 66.7% 72.9%
To the legs 76 / 105 72.4% 84.4% 117 / 134 87.3% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
225.0% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.11/15 · norm 0.87
375.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
3680.0% def · norm 66.7%
7:3812.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
2:381.9% of cage time · norm 17.1%
1:590:28 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
31:133:21 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.22/15 · norm 0.28

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