Esteban Ribovics vs. Elves Brener

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 3-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
3-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 2 yrs
28
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
3.9
Layoff (months)Δ 8.3 mo
12.2
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Esteban Ribovics outworks the Lightweight division — 7.24 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Esteban Ribovics rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Elves Brener absorbs 5.86 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Esteban Ribovics

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Elves Brener

Full career not yet synced for Elves Brener — 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 +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6157.24/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3614.76/min · norm 3.42
4935.80/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4455.86/min · norm 3.37
43.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 43.5%
54.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.8%norm 56.3%
20.35/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.40/15 · norm 0.25

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

Esteban Ribovics

Distance 96.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

Elves Brener

Distance 94.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Esteban Ribovics

Head 85.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.9%)

Elves Brener

Head 72.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ribovics L/AAccLightweight med Brener L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 576 / 1370 42.0% 37.9% 333 / 717 46.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 67.3% 11 / 18 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 25 / 34 73.5% 69.1% 17 / 25 68.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 460 / 1218 37.8% 35.0% 207 / 552 37.5% 35.0%
To the body 101 / 140 72.1% 69.1% 69 / 107 64.5% 69.1%
To the legs 54 / 65 83.1% 81.9% 85 / 101 84.2% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Ribovics L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Brener L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 464 / 1040 44.6% 38.9% 347 / 776 44.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.6% 54 / 64 84.4% 68.6%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 68.0% 44 / 64 68.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 361 / 906 39.8% 35.1% 324 / 746 43.4% 35.1%
To the body 97 / 133 72.9% 68.1% 91 / 119 76.5% 68.1%
To the legs 35 / 36 97.2% 81.5% 30 / 39 76.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
266.7% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
516.7% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.38
3766.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1976.0% def · norm 64.0%
2:513.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:088.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
21:533:51 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:392:41 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.18/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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