Johnny Case vs. Frankie Perez

UFC 4-2-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37
AgeΔ 0 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
109.4
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
108.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Johnny Case carries real power — 0.38 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Frankie Perez carries real power — 0.35 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Frankie Perez is hard to hit — absorbs 2.17 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Johnny Case

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 194

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Frankie Perez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3133.95/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
701.64/min · norm 3.42
2112.66/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
932.17/min · norm 3.37
38.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 43.5%
61.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 56.3%
20.38/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.35/15 · norm 0.25

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

Johnny Case

Distance 85.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

Frankie Perez

Distance 78.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Johnny Case

Head 76.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 7.9%)

Frankie Perez

Head 66.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 18.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Case L/AAccLightweight med Perez L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 686 34.0% 37.9% 44 / 131 33.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 19 / 32 59.4% 67.3% 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 61 / 88 69.3% 69.1% 22 / 28 78.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 618 30.3% 35.0% 27 / 111 24.3% 35.0%
To the body 69 / 112 61.6% 69.1% 16 / 26 61.5% 69.1%
To the legs 57 / 76 75.0% 81.9% 27 / 31 87.1% 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 Case L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 191 / 514 37.2% 38.9% 39 / 125 31.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 12 / 22 too few to rate 68.6% 3 / 3 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.0% 51 / 76 67.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 131 / 437 30.0% 35.1% 62 / 156 39.7% 35.1%
To the body 24 / 46 52.2% 68.1% 20 / 28 71.4% 68.1%
To the legs 56 / 64 87.5% 81.5% 11 / 20 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
945.0% acc · 1.70/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
541.7% acc · 1.75/15 · norm 1.38
1672.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1350.0% def · norm 64.0%
19:1724.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:2017.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
11:172:08 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
22:327:53 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.19/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.35/15 · norm 0.49

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