Johnny Case vs. Frankie Perez
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Johnny Case
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 6 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 19 | 4 |
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 1 |
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
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Perez L/A | Acc | Lightweight 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/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Perez L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight 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
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Case has more cage time on record.