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Seth Petruzelli vs.
Karlos Vemola

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

0-4-0 Seth Petruzelli · UFC
2-4-0 Karlos Vemola · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 5 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
188.7
Layoff (months)Δ 30.8 mo
157.9
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Seth Petruzelli is a submission threat — 2.31 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Karlos Vemola is a submission threat — 1.66 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Seth Petruzelli carries real power — 0.92 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light 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.

Seth Petruzelli

Full career not yet synced for Seth Petruzelli — 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

Karlos Vemola

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

662.03/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
911.67/min · norm 3.25
682.09/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1162.13/min · norm 3.20
41.3%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
44.2%norm 47.4%
55.0%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
38.0%norm 53.8%
20.92/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Seth Petruzelli

Distance 71.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 13.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 10.4%)

Karlos Vemola

Distance 47.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 41.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Seth Petruzelli

Head 82.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.7%)

Karlos Vemola

Head 84.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Petruzelli L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Vemola L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 115 36.5% 41.4% 27 / 97 27.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 12 / 22 too few to rate 70.9% 15 / 23 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 12 / 23 too few to rate 72.3% 49 / 86 57.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 43 / 132 32.6% 38.9% 66 / 174 37.9% 38.9%
To the body 12 / 15 too few to rate 71.9% 15 / 19 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 81.8% 10 / 13 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Petruzelli L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Vemola L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 24 / 70 34.3% 40.4% 24 / 67 35.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.7% 61 / 72 84.7% 70.9%
On the ground 39 / 72 54.2% 70.4% 31 / 48 64.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 131 38.9% 37.5% 51 / 113 45.1% 37.9%
To the body 8 / 9 too few to rate 72.3% 32 / 37 86.5% 71.3%
To the legs 9 / 11 too few to rate 83.0% 33 / 37 89.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
725.9% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.42
1047.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
531.3% def · norm 63.1%
1:354.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
12:1122.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
20:419:32 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
31:328:42 per 15 · norm 3:00
52.31/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
61.66/15 · norm 0.47

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

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