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Tim Means vs.
Andre Fialho

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

15-14-0 (1 NC) Tim Means · UFC
2-5-0 Andre Fialho · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-14-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
2-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
42.5
AgeΔ 10.2 yrs
32.3
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
22
Layoff (months)Δ 12.4 mo
34.4
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Andre Fialho absorbs 6.26 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Andre Fialho rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Tim Means outworks the Welterweight division — 5.04 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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.

Tim Means

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1514
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 52 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Andre Fialho

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14575.04/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2023.30/min · norm 3.17
10553.65/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3836.26/min · norm 3.06
49.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 44.9%
60.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 55.25%
110.57/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.49/15 · norm 0.38

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

Tim Means

Distance 84.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 8.1%)

Andre Fialho

Distance 90.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Tim Means

Head 74.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Andre Fialho

Head 83.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Means L/AAccWelterweight med Fialho L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1116 / 2495 44.7% 38.6% 165 / 439 37.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 202 / 270 74.8% 67.8% 32 / 36 88.9% 67.8%
On the ground 139 / 203 68.5% 67.2% 5 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 885 / 2197 40.3% 37.2% 140 / 404 34.7% 37.2%
To the body 409 / 594 68.9% 70.7% 39 / 56 69.6% 70.7%
To the legs 163 / 177 92.1% 82.9% 23 / 26 88.5% 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 Means L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fialho L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 899 / 2384 37.7% 39.0% 300 / 599 50.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 102 / 162 63.0% 68.9% 45 / 58 77.6% 68.9%
On the ground 54 / 107 50.5% 68.0% 38 / 50 76.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 733 / 2171 33.8% 35.6% 224 / 503 44.5% 35.6%
To the body 191 / 323 59.1% 69.6% 112 / 154 72.7% 69.6%
To the legs 131 / 159 82.4% 82.1% 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2240.0% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.27
6864.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
866.7% def · norm 63.9%
41:1114.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:053.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
44:322:18 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:051:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
30.16/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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