Felipe Arantes vs. Jerrod Sanders
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Felipe Arantes
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 13 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Jerrod Sanders
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Felipe Arantes
Distance 79.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 6.5%)
Jerrod Sanders
Distance 40.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 45.9% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Felipe Arantes
Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 7.8%)
Jerrod Sanders
Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Arantes L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Sanders L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 239 / 599 | 39.9% | 40.9% | 7 / 15 | too few to rate | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 45 | 53.3% | 70.8% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 79 / 114 | 69.3% | 69.2% | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 219 / 587 | 37.3% | 37.2% | 17 / 29 | 58.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 61 / 97 | 62.9% | 68.2% | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 62 / 74 | 83.8% | 80.7% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Arantes L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Sanders L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 233 / 796 | 29.3% | 39.2% | 9 / 24 | too few to rate | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 42 / 71 | 59.2% | 70.3% | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 109 / 202 | 54.0% | 69.4% | 15 / 24 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 224 / 834 | 26.9% | 35.9% | 19 / 43 | 44.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 116 / 178 | 65.2% | 67.9% | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 81.5% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Arantes has more cage time on record.