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Vitor Petrino vs. Serghei Spivac

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 9-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
9-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
29
AgeΔ 2 yrs
31
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.9
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Serghei Spivac hunts takedowns — 3.42 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Vitor Petrino hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Serghei Spivac is a submission threat — 0.43 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Vitor Petrino

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 82
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Serghei Spivac

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3583.25/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
4713.35/min · norm 3.28
2862.60/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5954.23/min · norm 3.19
51.0%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 47.5%
52.6%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 52.5%
30.41/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Vitor Petrino

Distance 85.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 10.6%)

Serghei Spivac

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 20.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Vitor Petrino

Head 77.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 13.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 9.7%)

Serghei Spivac

Head 96.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Petrino L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Spivac L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 283 / 599 47.2% 41.5% 296 / 774 38.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 16 / 25 64.0% 70.8% 17 / 26 65.4% 70.4%
On the ground 59 / 78 75.6% 72.9% 158 / 205 77.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 228 / 543 42.0% 39.2% 443 / 971 45.6% 39.0%
To the body 71 / 91 78.0% 72.0% 17 / 22 too few to rate 77.0%
To the legs 59 / 68 86.8% 82.1% 11 / 12 too few to rate 87.8%

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: 94 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Petrino L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Spivac L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 555 44.3% 40.6% 482 / 1053 45.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 29 / 37 78.4% 68.8% 47 / 67 70.1% 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 11 too few to rate 70.4% 66 / 91 72.5% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 447 35.6% 37.7% 378 / 947 39.9% 39.3%
To the body 61 / 82 74.4% 72.9% 126 / 170 74.1% 75.1%
To the legs 66 / 74 89.2% 83.1% 91 / 94 96.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2248.9% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
3257.1% acc · 3.42/15 · norm 0.90
2382.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
952.9% def · norm 63.2%
36:5933.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
41:3529.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
8:081:06 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
21:302:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
50.68/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.43/15 · norm 0.16

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