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Vinc Pichel vs.
Ismael Bonfim

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

7-5-0 Vinc Pichel · UFC
2-4-0 Ismael Bonfim · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-5-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 13 yrs
30
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16.3
Layoff (months)Δ 15.9 mo
0.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Vinc Pichel hunts takedowns — 2.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Vinc Pichel's takedown defense leaks — 32% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Ismael Bonfim outworks the Lightweight division — 4.92 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 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.

Vinc Pichel

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Ismael Bonfim

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.87 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 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

5673.78/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2284.92/min · norm 3.42
4753.17/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1984.27/min · norm 3.37
46.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
54.5%norm 43.5%
54.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
53.2%norm 56.3%
10.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.32/15 · norm 0.25

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

Vinc Pichel

Distance 80.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 8.0%)

Ismael Bonfim

Distance 93.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Vinc Pichel

Head 67.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 7.9%)

Ismael Bonfim

Head 77.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pichel L/AAccLightweight med Bonfim L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 379 / 984 38.5% 37.9% 206 / 392 52.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 103 / 123 83.7% 67.3% 19 / 22 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 85 / 123 69.1% 69.1% 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 259 / 826 31.4% 35.0% 146 / 323 45.2% 35.0%
To the body 144 / 207 69.6% 69.1% 48 / 57 84.2% 69.1%
To the legs 164 / 197 83.2% 81.9% 34 / 38 89.5% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Pichel L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Bonfim L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 382 / 924 41.3% 38.9% 140 / 345 40.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 51 / 70 72.9% 68.6% 34 / 40 85.0% 68.6%
On the ground 42 / 57 73.7% 68.0% 24 / 38 63.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 314 / 841 37.3% 35.1% 112 / 291 38.5% 35.1%
To the body 94 / 135 69.6% 68.1% 42 / 69 60.9% 68.1%
To the legs 67 / 75 89.3% 81.5% 44 / 63 69.8% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2551.0% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
433.3% acc · 1.30/15 · norm 1.38
1231.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 64.0%
36:4024.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
3:468.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
28:072:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
11:413:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.20/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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