Brandon Vera vs. Fabiano Scherner

UFC 8-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-2-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 6 yrs
54
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
78"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
155.3
Layoff (months)Δ 87.1 mo
242.4
LLWNCL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brandon Vera carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Fabiano Scherner's takedown defense leaks — 40% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight norm.
Fabiano Scherner is wasteful with strikes at range — only 26% land, vs a 40% Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brandon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Fabiano Scherner

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 119

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.29 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5033.07/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
181.31/min · norm 3.36
4802.93/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
443.20/min · norm 3.19
55.8%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
31.6%norm 47.8%
52.5%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
38.0%norm 52.5%
70.64/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Brandon Vera

Distance 68.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 24.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 10.4%)

Fabiano Scherner

Distance 68.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 21.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Brandon Vera

Head 56.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 19.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 23.5% (norm 9.7%)

Fabiano Scherner

Head 77.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vera L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Scherner L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 289 / 621 46.5% 41.4% 10 / 39 25.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 171 / 221 77.4% 70.9% 4 / 12 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 43 / 59 72.9% 72.3% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 511 35.6% 38.9% 13 / 44 29.5% 38.9%
To the body 141 / 178 79.2% 71.9% 3 / 7 too few to rate 76.8%
To the legs 180 / 212 84.9% 81.8% 2 / 6 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Vera L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Scherner L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 572 33.7% 40.4% 20 / 41 48.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 198 / 284 69.7% 68.7% 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 89 / 154 57.8% 70.4% 5 / 9 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 283 / 764 37.0% 37.5% 15 / 37 40.5% 38.8%
To the body 95 / 118 80.5% 72.3% 16 / 19 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 102 / 128 79.7% 83.0% 13 / 15 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
853.3% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
133.3% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 0.95
2960.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
240.0% def · norm 64.3%
26:4016.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
1:5413.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
62:085:40 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
5:466:16 per 15 · norm 2:28
20.18/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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