Bill Algeo vs. Spike Carlyle

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 4 yrs
33
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Switch
Stance
Switch
24.6
Layoff (months)Δ 43.7 mo
68.3
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Spike Carlyle hunts takedowns — 3.34 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Spike Carlyle owns the mat — in control 43% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Bill Algeo outworks the Featherweight division — 5.37 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bill Algeo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Spike Carlyle

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6245.37/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
802.55/min · norm 3.54
4633.99/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1213.85/min · norm 3.47
51.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
54.1%norm 45.0%
49.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
30.1%norm 54.85%
20.26/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Bill Algeo

Distance 87.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 6.5%)

Spike Carlyle

Distance 45.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 46.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Bill Algeo

Head 68.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 7.8%)

Spike Carlyle

Head 85.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Algeo L/AAccFeatherweight med Carlyle L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 498 / 1062 46.9% 40.9% 33 / 67 49.3% 40.9%
In the clinch 63 / 83 75.9% 70.8% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 63 / 73 86.3% 69.2% 38 / 69 55.1% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 351 / 836 42.0% 37.2% 67 / 127 52.8% 37.2%
To the body 151 / 230 65.7% 68.2% 5 / 11 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 122 / 152 80.3% 80.7% 8 / 10 too few to rate 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Algeo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Carlyle L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 797 47.4% 39.2% 56 / 98 57.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 47 / 64 73.4% 70.3% 19 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 38 / 49 77.6% 69.4% 46 / 55 83.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 280 / 662 42.3% 35.9% 88 / 126 69.8% 35.9%
To the body 116 / 162 71.6% 67.9% 24 / 33 72.7% 67.9%
To the legs 67 / 86 77.9% 81.5% 9 / 14 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
956.3% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
736.8% acc · 3.34/15 · norm 1.19
2853.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
457.1% def · norm 61.5%
21:4918.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
13:2642.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
27:163:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
9:054:20 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.13/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.48/15 · norm 0.46

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