Felipe Arantes vs. Josh Emmett

UFC 5-6-1 vs. 10-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-6-1
UFC record
10-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 3 yrs
41
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
97.5
Layoff (months)Δ 92.7 mo
4.8
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Josh Emmett carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Felipe Arantes is a submission threat — 0.73 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Felipe Arantes's takedown defense leaks — 42% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felipe Arantes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 134

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

Josh Emmett

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.11 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3422.37/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
7753.67/min · norm 3.54
3842.66/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
9554.52/min · norm 3.47
45.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
35.8%norm 45.0%
64.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 54.85%
10.10/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
120.85/15 · norm 0.29

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%)

Josh Emmett

Distance 91.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.8% (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%)

Josh Emmett

Head 81.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Arantes L/AAccFeatherweight med Emmett L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 239 / 599 39.9% 40.9% 654 / 1978 33.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 24 / 45 53.3% 70.8% 43 / 63 68.3% 70.8%
On the ground 79 / 114 69.3% 69.2% 78 / 126 61.9% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 219 / 587 37.3% 37.2% 496 / 1768 28.1% 37.2%
To the body 61 / 97 62.9% 68.2% 164 / 267 61.4% 68.2%
To the legs 62 / 74 83.8% 80.7% 115 / 132 87.1% 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 Arantes L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Emmett L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 796 29.3% 39.2% 824 / 2170 38.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 42 / 71 59.2% 70.3% 61 / 92 66.3% 70.3%
On the ground 109 / 202 54.0% 69.4% 70 / 102 68.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 224 / 834 26.9% 35.9% 665 / 1957 34.0% 35.9%
To the body 116 / 178 65.2% 67.9% 145 / 229 63.3% 67.9%
To the legs 44 / 57 77.2% 81.5% 145 / 178 81.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
947.4% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1536.6% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.19
1741.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
743.8% def · norm 61.5%
25:2917.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
16:518.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
48:395:02 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
9:340:40 per 15 · norm 3:12
70.73/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.46

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