Kenny Robertson vs. Thiago Perpetuo

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
42
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
118.7
Layoff (months)Δ 29.8 mo
148.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Thiago Perpetuo carries real power — 1.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Thiago Perpetuo hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Kenny Robertson is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kenny Robertson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Thiago Perpetuo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.51 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3273.72/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
865.39/min · norm 3.25
2653.02/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
563.51/min · norm 3.20
47.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
69.9%norm 47.4%
52.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 53.8%
20.34/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
21.88/15 · norm 0.32

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

Kenny Robertson

Distance 70.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.7% (norm 8.1%)

Thiago Perpetuo

Distance 54.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Kenny Robertson

Head 79.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.4%)

Thiago Perpetuo

Head 69.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Robertson L/AAccWelterweight med Perpetuo L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 193 / 491 39.3% 38.6% 41 / 67 61.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 65 / 95 68.4% 67.8% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 69 / 109 63.3% 67.2% 34 / 42 81.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 206 / 549 37.5% 37.2% 58 / 85 68.2% 38.9%
To the body 51 / 70 72.9% 70.7% 23 / 31 74.2% 71.7%
To the legs 70 / 76 92.1% 82.9% 5 / 7 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Robertson L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Perpetuo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 163 / 414 39.4% 39.0% 39 / 89 43.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 53 / 75 70.7% 68.9% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 49 / 67 73.1% 68.0% 8 / 14 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 178 / 443 40.2% 35.6% 35 / 88 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 62 / 88 70.5% 69.6% 7 / 10 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 25 / 25 100.0% 82.1% 14 / 17 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
826.7% acc · 1.37/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.42
1657.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 63.1%
30:3534.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
6:1238.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
20:083:26 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
3:102:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.85/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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