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Vlasto Cepo vs.
Gilbert Urbina

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

0-1-0 Vlasto Cepo · UFC
2-3-0 Gilbert Urbina · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31.5
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
30.3
Height
6'3"
Reach
75"
Stance
Orthodox
0.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.1
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL
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.

Vlasto Cepo absorbs 29.51 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Gilbert Urbina carries real power — 2.04 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Gilbert Urbina hunts takedowns — 2.73 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Vlasto Cepo

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -2.0 wins over .500

Gilbert Urbina

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

76.89/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1476.68/min · norm 3.17
3029.51/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1044.72/min · norm 3.06
29.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
57.9%norm 44.9%
37.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.7%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
32.04/15 · norm 0.38

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

Vlasto Cepo

Distance 100.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.3%)

Gilbert Urbina

Distance 64.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 24.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Vlasto Cepo

Head 91.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Gilbert Urbina

Head 73.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Cepo L/AAccMiddleweight med Urbina L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 24 too few to rate 40.5% 71 / 164 43.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 22 / 27 81.5% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1% 54 / 63 85.7% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 5 / 22 too few to rate 38.9% 98 / 187 52.4% 37.2%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.7% 30 / 41 73.2% 70.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3% 19 / 26 73.1% 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Cepo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Urbina L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 8 / 22 too few to rate 39.5% 81 / 171 47.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 17 / 21 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 22 / 26 84.6% 69.0% 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 27 / 45 60.0% 37.9% 58 / 147 39.5% 35.6%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 71.3% 29 / 35 82.9% 69.6%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1% 17 / 17 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
444.4% acc · 2.73/15 · norm 1.27
0— def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
6:1528.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:225:24 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
1:361:05 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.68/15 · norm 0.45

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

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