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Yves Jabouin vs.
Felipe Arantes

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

5-5-0 Yves Jabouin · UFC
5-6-1 Felipe Arantes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-5-0
UFC record
5-6-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
47.2
AgeΔ 8.7 yrs
38.5
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
131.4
Layoff (months)Δ 34 mo
97.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Yves Jabouin hunts takedowns — 1.93 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Felipe Arantes is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Yves Jabouin owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight 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.

Yves Jabouin

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Felipe Arantes

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3002.97/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3422.37/min · norm 3.54
2842.81/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3842.66/min · norm 3.47
41.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 45.0%
63.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 54.85%
10.15/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

Yves Jabouin

Distance 88.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 6.5%)

Felipe Arantes

Distance 79.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Yves Jabouin

Head 69.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Felipe Arantes

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jabouin L/AAccBantamweight med Arantes L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 242 / 635 38.1% 39.0% 239 / 599 39.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 68.7% 24 / 45 53.3% 70.8%
On the ground 38 / 55 69.1% 70.2% 79 / 114 69.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 497 32.4% 34.9% 219 / 587 37.3% 37.2%
To the body 84 / 137 61.3% 66.8% 61 / 97 62.9% 68.2%
To the legs 55 / 85 64.7% 79.4% 62 / 74 83.8% 80.7%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Jabouin L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Arantes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 615 29.1% 39.3% 233 / 796 29.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 42 / 63 66.7% 70.4% 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3%
On the ground 63 / 93 67.7% 72.4% 109 / 202 54.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 587 27.1% 34.9% 224 / 834 26.9% 35.9%
To the body 70 / 102 68.6% 66.0% 116 / 178 65.2% 67.9%
To the legs 55 / 82 67.1% 79.1% 44 / 57 77.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1354.2% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
947.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.19
1781.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1741.5% def · norm 61.5%
27:2627.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
25:2917.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:342:00 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
48:395:02 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
70.73/15 · norm 0.46

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

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