Andre Ewell vs. Irwin Rivera

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
75"
ReachΔ 8"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
55.7
Layoff (months)Δ 14.9 mo
70.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Andre Ewell rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Irwin Rivera absorbs 5.07 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Andre Ewell is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 42% land, vs a 69% Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Andre Ewell

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 135

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Irwin Rivera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 104

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5404.28/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1513.36/min · norm 3.52
6154.87/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2285.07/min · norm 3.58
40.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 43.4%
51.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
57.7%norm 56.6%
10.12/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Andre Ewell

Distance 97.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 6.5%)

Irwin Rivera

Distance 93.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Andre Ewell

Head 75.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)

Irwin Rivera

Head 77.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ewell L/AAccBantamweight med Rivera L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 528 / 1319 40.0% 39.0% 136 / 320 42.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 26 42.3% 68.7% 6 / 12 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.2% 9 / 11 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 317 / 1023 31.0% 34.9% 99 / 266 37.2% 34.9%
To the body 165 / 253 65.2% 66.8% 29 / 52 55.8% 66.8%
To the legs 58 / 73 79.5% 79.4% 23 / 25 92.0% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Ewell L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Rivera L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 471 / 1081 43.6% 39.3% 210 / 511 41.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 61 / 78 78.2% 70.4% 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 83 / 106 78.3% 72.4% 4 / 9 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 321 / 850 37.8% 34.9% 139 / 412 33.7% 34.9%
To the body 133 / 200 66.5% 66.0% 56 / 89 62.9% 66.0%
To the legs 161 / 215 74.9% 79.1% 33 / 38 86.8% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
375.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
316.7% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.12
2472.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
770.0% def · norm 66.7%
4:373.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
1:233.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
24:272:54 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
2:490:56 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.12/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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