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Vitor Petrino vs. Tyson Pedro

UFC 8-2-0 vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
29
AgeΔ 6 yrs
35
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 29.7 mo
31.6
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vitor Petrino hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Tyson Pedro is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Vitor Petrino is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light 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

Tyson Pedro

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3583.25/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2292.90/min · norm 3.48
2862.60/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1892.39/min · norm 3.37
51.0%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
59.5%norm 48.45%
52.6%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 52.75%
30.41/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
50.95/15 · norm 0.40

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%)

Tyson Pedro

Distance 80.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.6%)

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%)

Tyson Pedro

Head 60.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 21.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 17.7% (norm 9.7%)

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 Pedro L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 283 / 599 47.2% 41.5% 172 / 311 55.3% 41.5%
In the clinch 16 / 25 64.0% 70.8% 38 / 52 73.1% 70.8%
On the ground 59 / 78 75.6% 72.9% 19 / 22 too few to rate 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 228 / 543 42.0% 39.2% 110 / 234 47.0% 39.2%
To the body 71 / 91 78.0% 72.0% 64 / 83 77.1% 72.0%
To the legs 59 / 68 86.8% 82.1% 55 / 68 80.9% 82.1%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Pedro L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 246 / 555 44.3% 40.6% 111 / 321 34.6% 40.6%
In the clinch 29 / 37 78.4% 68.8% 28 / 40 70.0% 68.8%
On the ground 11 / 11 too few to rate 70.4% 50 / 73 68.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 447 35.6% 37.7% 123 / 349 35.2% 37.7%
To the body 61 / 82 74.4% 72.9% 35 / 43 81.4% 72.9%
To the legs 66 / 74 89.2% 83.1% 31 / 42 73.8% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2248.9% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
430.8% acc · 0.76/15 · norm 0.87
2382.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1250.0% def · norm 66.7%
36:5933.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
11:1314.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
8:081:06 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
21:033:59 per 15 · norm 2:50
50.68/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.76/15 · norm 0.28

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