Jared Vanderaa vs. Andrei Arlovski

UFC 1-6-0 vs. 23-18-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-6-0
UFC record
23-18-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 13 yrs
47
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
45.3
Layoff (months)Δ 20 mo
25.3
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jared Vanderaa rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Jared Vanderaa absorbs 5.71 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Andrei Arlovski rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jared Vanderaa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 26
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.26 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Andrei Arlovski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2318
Tier 3 — regional circuit 106

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 23 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 15-16 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3974.90/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
15853.87/min · norm 3.36
4635.71/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
13463.28/min · norm 3.19
44.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.6%norm 47.8%
45.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
56.8%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
100.37/15 · norm 0.28

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

Jared Vanderaa

Distance 92.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 9.3%)

Andrei Arlovski

Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.8% (norm 9.3%)

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

Jared Vanderaa

Head 75.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 7.6%)

Andrei Arlovski

Head 72.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vanderaa L/AAccHeavyweight med Arlovski L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 347 / 824 42.1% 40.1% 1352 / 3136 43.1% 40.1%
In the clinch 43 / 62 69.4% 70.6% 191 / 280 68.2% 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 42 / 63 66.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 675 30.7% 38.9% 875 / 2536 34.5% 38.9%
To the body 88 / 111 79.3% 76.8% 339 / 475 71.4% 76.8%
To the legs 102 / 109 93.6% 87.8% 371 / 468 79.3% 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 (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 Vanderaa L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Arlovski L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 363 / 720 50.4% 40.7% 995 / 2590 38.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 191 / 284 67.3% 70.6%
On the ground 89 / 112 79.5% 72.0% 160 / 239 66.9% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 304 / 648 46.9% 38.8% 853 / 2459 34.7% 38.8%
To the body 117 / 148 79.1% 75.1% 244 / 357 68.3% 75.1%
To the legs 42 / 49 85.7% 84.4% 249 / 297 83.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
934.6% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 0.95
220.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5677.8% def · norm 64.3%
4:155.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
32:067.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
15:592:57 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
67:492:28 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
50.18/15 · norm 0.16

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