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Urijah Faber vs.
Iuri Alcantara

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

11-7-0 Urijah Faber · UFC
10-7-0 (1 NC) Iuri Alcantara · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-7-0
UFC record
10-7-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
47.2
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
46
5'6"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
67"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
79.7
Layoff (months)Δ 15.6 mo
95.3
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Iuri Alcantara is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Urijah Faber is a submission threat — 0.55 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Urijah Faber hunts takedowns — 1.59 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Urijah Faber

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

In the UFC: 9-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Iuri Alcantara

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

In the UFC: 4-5 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

7132.90/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4722.71/min · norm 3.52
7102.89/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4892.81/min · norm 3.58
42.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 43.4%
65.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 56.6%
50.31/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.30

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

Urijah Faber

Distance 77.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 14.5% (norm 6.5%)

Iuri Alcantara

Distance 77.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Urijah Faber

Head 82.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Iuri Alcantara

Head 78.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Faber L/AAccBantamweight med Alcantara L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 444 / 1312 33.8% 39.0% 299 / 797 37.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 97 / 139 69.8% 68.7% 41 / 57 71.9% 68.7%
On the ground 172 / 247 69.6% 70.2% 132 / 175 75.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 524 / 1407 37.2% 34.9% 310 / 809 38.3% 34.9%
To the body 137 / 222 61.7% 66.8% 125 / 172 72.7% 66.8%
To the legs 52 / 69 75.4% 79.4% 37 / 48 77.1% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Faber L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Alcantara L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 578 / 1819 31.8% 39.3% 184 / 512 35.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 100 / 157 63.7% 70.4% 43 / 59 72.9% 70.4%
On the ground 32 / 59 54.2% 72.4% 262 / 389 67.4% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 411 / 1592 25.8% 34.9% 359 / 754 47.6% 34.9%
To the body 122 / 219 55.7% 66.0% 53 / 90 58.9% 66.0%
To the legs 177 / 224 79.0% 79.1% 77 / 116 66.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2628.3% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1763.0% acc · 1.46/15 · norm 1.12
3162.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4059.7% def · norm 66.7%
46:2118.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
27:4415.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
20:381:15 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
63:295:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
90.55/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
100.86/15 · norm 0.28

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

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