Tristan Connelly vs. Michel Pereira

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 10-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
10-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40
AgeΔ 8 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
51.3
Layoff (months)Δ 49.9 mo
1.4
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tristan Connelly rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Michel Pereira absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Michel Pereira outworks the Middleweight division — 4.28 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tristan Connelly

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 137

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Michel Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 229

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1493.31/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
7524.28/min · norm 3.25
1332.96/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
7594.32/min · norm 3.20
51.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 47.4%
50.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · norm 0.32

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

Tristan Connelly

Distance 68.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 6.5%)

Michel Pereira

Distance 88.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Tristan Connelly

Head 83.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.8%)

Michel Pereira

Head 61.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Connelly L/AAccFeatherweight med Pereira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 200 39.5% 40.9% 629 / 1294 48.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 39 / 53 73.6% 70.8% 83 / 99 83.8% 70.3%
On the ground 31 / 39 79.5% 69.2% 40 / 70 57.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 243 44.9% 37.2% 352 / 905 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 22 / 31 71.0% 68.2% 319 / 457 69.8% 71.7%
To the legs 18 / 18 too few to rate 80.7% 81 / 101 80.2% 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Connelly L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pereira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 72 / 200 36.0% 39.2% 557 / 1273 43.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 42 / 49 85.7% 70.3% 62 / 90 68.9% 70.9%
On the ground 19 / 22 too few to rate 69.4% 140 / 177 79.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 97 / 221 43.9% 35.9% 471 / 1154 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 33 / 46 71.7% 67.9% 155 / 225 68.9% 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 133 / 161 82.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
114.3% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1352.0% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.42
1260.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4175.9% def · norm 63.1%
8:0217.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
15:428.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
20:536:57 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
28:232:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.33/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
70.60/15 · norm 0.47

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