Serghei Spivac vs. Carlos Felipe

UFC 9-6-0 vs. 3-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-6-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
31
AgeΔ 0 yrs
31
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
78"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.5
Layoff (months)Δ 52.2 mo
57.7
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Serghei Spivac hunts takedowns — 3.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Serghei Spivac is a submission threat — 0.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Carlos Felipe rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Serghei Spivac

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Carlos Felipe

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 3 — regional circuit 105

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4483.57/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3664.88/min · norm 3.36
5314.23/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
4205.60/min · norm 3.19
47.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 47.8%
52.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
50.6%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Serghei Spivac

Distance 75.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 9.3%)

Carlos Felipe

Distance 93.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 9.3%)

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

Serghei Spivac

Head 96.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 7.6%)

Carlos Felipe

Head 79.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Spivac L/AAccHeavyweight med Felipe L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 709 38.8% 40.1% 319 / 748 42.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 17 / 26 65.4% 70.6% 40 / 46 87.0% 70.6%
On the ground 156 / 203 76.8% 70.2% 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 421 / 906 46.5% 38.9% 232 / 635 36.5% 38.9%
To the body 16 / 20 too few to rate 76.8% 110 / 142 77.5% 76.8%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 87.8% 24 / 27 88.9% 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 Spivac L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Felipe L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 439 / 979 44.8% 40.7% 377 / 800 47.1% 40.7%
In the clinch 43 / 62 69.4% 70.6% 20 / 25 80.0% 70.6%
On the ground 49 / 71 69.0% 72.0% 23 / 25 92.0% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 348 / 889 39.1% 38.8% 281 / 689 40.8% 38.8%
To the body 113 / 151 74.8% 75.1% 60 / 77 77.9% 75.1%
To the legs 70 / 72 97.2% 84.4% 79 / 84 94.0% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3259.3% acc · 3.82/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
763.6% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 64.3%
41:1332.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
3:334.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
15:231:50 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
9:581:59 per 15 · norm 2:28
40.48/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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