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Wilson Reis vs.
Ivan Menjivar

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

7-6-0 Wilson Reis · UFC
4-5-0 Ivan Menjivar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-6-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41.6
AgeΔ 2.6 yrs
44.2
5'4"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
65"
ReachΔ 1"
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
87.8
Layoff (months)Δ 61.4 mo
149.2
LWLLL
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.

Wilson Reis hunts takedowns — 5.15 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Ivan Menjivar is a submission threat — 1.03 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Wilson Reis owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight 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.

Wilson Reis

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

In the UFC: 3-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Ivan Menjivar

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2711.83/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
2072.36/min · norm 3.52
4523.04/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
2102.40/min · norm 3.58
29.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
36.4%norm 43.4%
55.9%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
65.5%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.34/15 · norm 0.30

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

Wilson Reis

Distance 84.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 7.3%)

Ivan Menjivar

Distance 83.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Wilson Reis

Head 81.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 7.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

Ivan Menjivar

Head 65.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Reis L/AAccFlyweight med Menjivar L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 778 23.4% 40.0% 140 / 473 29.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 37 / 56 66.1% 70.4% 32 / 47 68.1% 68.7%
On the ground 52 / 83 62.7% 69.7% 35 / 48 72.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 152 / 746 20.4% 37.6% 92 / 370 24.9% 34.9%
To the body 35 / 70 50.0% 68.5% 63 / 110 57.3% 66.8%
To the legs 84 / 101 83.2% 80.0% 52 / 88 59.1% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Reis L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Menjivar L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 305 / 804 37.9% 40.1% 132 / 473 27.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 41 / 69 59.4% 68.8% 35 / 48 72.9% 70.4%
On the ground 106 / 151 70.2% 71.1% 43 / 88 48.9% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 327 / 848 38.6% 35.2% 107 / 453 23.6% 34.9%
To the body 89 / 127 70.1% 68.2% 56 / 96 58.3% 66.0%
To the legs 36 / 49 73.5% 80.3% 47 / 60 78.3% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5142.9% acc · 5.15/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.12
947.4% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
830.8% def · norm 66.7%
56:5438.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
4:134.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
11:451:11 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
36:096:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
60.61/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
61.03/15 · norm 0.28

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

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