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Tristan Connelly vs. Michel Pereira

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 10-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
10-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40
AgeΔ 7 yrs
33
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
53.7
Layoff (months)Δ 49.9 mo
3.8
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tristan Connelly rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Michel Pereira absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Michel Pereira is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tristan Connelly

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 137

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Michel Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 229

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1493.31/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7524.28/min · norm 3.23
1332.96/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7594.32/min · norm 3.20
51.0%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 47.4%
50.9%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Tristan Connelly

Distance 68.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

Michel Pereira

Distance 88.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.0%)

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

Tristan Connelly

Head 83.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Michel Pereira

Head 61.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Connelly L/AAccFeatherweight med Pereira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 200 39.5% 40.5% 629 / 1294 48.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 39 / 53 73.6% 70.5% 83 / 99 83.8% 70.6%
On the ground 31 / 39 79.5% 69.3% 40 / 70 57.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 243 44.9% 37.1% 352 / 905 38.9% 38.8%
To the body 22 / 31 71.0% 68.0% 319 / 457 69.8% 71.6%
To the legs 18 / 18 too few to rate 80.3% 81 / 101 80.2% 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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Connelly L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 72 / 200 36.0% 39.3% 557 / 1273 43.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 42 / 49 85.7% 70.3% 62 / 90 68.9% 70.4%
On the ground 19 / 22 too few to rate 69.4% 140 / 177 79.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 97 / 221 43.9% 35.9% 471 / 1154 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 33 / 46 71.7% 68.0% 155 / 225 68.9% 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 133 / 161 82.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
114.3% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1352.0% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.35
1260.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4175.9% def · norm 63.3%
8:0217.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
15:428.9% of cage time · norm 19.4%
20:536:57 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
28:232:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.60/15 · norm 0.45

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