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Michel Pereira

32-15-0 (2 NC)
32y·6' 1"·73" reach·Orthodox
1:20
Control / 15m
time on top
-0.04
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
50%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss October 2024. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Aug 2025

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in September 2020, 57 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Aug 2025

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 16 recorded bouts, 752 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 47%Body 42%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 11%Ground 5%
And how often each lands
Head39%
Body70%
Legs80%
Distance49%
Clinch84%
Ground57%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

10Wins2 KO · 3 SUB · 5 DEC
5Losses2 KO · 3 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

2%
Roberts
20%
Connelly
6%
Sanchez
1%
Imadaev
9%
Williams
19%
Price
5%
Fialho
0%
Ponzinibbio
6%
Petroski
30%
Oleksiejczuk
17%
Potieria
4%
Hernandez
3%
Magomedov
0%
Daukaus
5%
Reese
27%
Magomedov

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.64100%16
R24.51124%11
R35.30146%11
R40.601
R50.421

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.28
Strikes absorbed / min4.32
Striking accuracyof everything thrown51%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed50%
Takedowns / 15 min1.11
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land52%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed75%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.6
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.6
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 16 bouts11.0m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

48.6%
Landed at range
1,294 thrown over 16 bouts
Expected
against these opponents
Gap
below the cutoffs
Coverage
from real records

Too much of this record was set against opponents who had no distance history of their own yet. The expected number would mostly be the division average wearing a disguise, so it's held back.

The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LShara MagomedovJun 2026U-DEC4:04 ctrl35 str0 td
Significant strikes
35 of 82 · 43%
Total strikes
61 of 113 · 54%
Takedowns
0 of 2 · 0%
Control
4:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 60%Body 26%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 3%Ground 43%
This fight on UFCStats
WZach ReeseFeb 2026S-DEC0:48 ctrl63 str2 td
Significant strikes
63 of 132 · 48%
Total strikes
70 of 139 · 50%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 46%Body 49%Legs 5%
Position
Distance 84%Clinch 14%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LKyle DaukausAug 2025KO R10:00 ctrl2 str0 td
Significant strikes
2 of 4 · 50%
Total strikes
2 of 4 · 50%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 0:43
Elbows to Head From Guard
Target
Head 0%Body 100%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAbus MagomedovApr 2025U-DEC0:24 ctrl73 str0 td
Significant strikes
73 of 168 · 43%
Total strikes
74 of 169 · 44%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:24
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 37%Body 37%Legs 26%
Position
Distance 99%Clinch 1%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LAnthony HernandezOct 2024KO R50:56 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 53 · 45%
Total strikes
29 of 62 · 47%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:56
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R5 2:22
Elbows to Head On Ground
Target
Head 33%Body 67%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WIhor PotieriaMay 2024SUB R10:09 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 10 · 60%
Total strikes
6 of 10 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:09
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:54
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WMichal OleksiejczukMar 2024SUB R10:18 ctrl11 str0 td
Significant strikes
11 of 15 · 73%
Total strikes
11 of 15 · 73%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:18
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 1:01
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 45%Body 55%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 82%Clinch 18%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAndre PetroskiOct 2023KO R10:04 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 18 · 33%
Total strikes
6 of 18 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:06
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 83%Body 17%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 33%Clinch 0%Ground 67%
This fight on UFCStats
WSantiago PonzinibbioMay 2022S-DEC0:01 ctrl110 str0 td
Significant strikes
110 of 216 · 51%
Total strikes
110 of 216 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:01
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 47%Body 38%Legs 15%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 2%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAndre FialhoJan 2022U-DEC0:44 ctrl107 str1 td
Significant strikes
107 of 202 · 53%
Total strikes
112 of 209 · 54%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:44
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 46%Body 41%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 10%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WNiko PriceJul 2021U-DEC2:47 ctrl92 str3 td
Significant strikes
92 of 154 · 60%
Total strikes
115 of 180 · 64%
Takedowns
3 of 6 · 50%
Control
2:47
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
2
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 57%Body 37%Legs 7%
Position
Distance 70%Clinch 20%Ground 11%
This fight on UFCStats
WKhaos WilliamsDec 2020U-DEC1:21 ctrl44 str2 td
Significant strikes
44 of 79 · 56%
Total strikes
56 of 94 · 60%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
1:21
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 55%Body 45%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 75%Clinch 20%Ground 5%
This fight on UFCStats
WZelim ImadaevSep 2020SUB R30:11 ctrl88 str1 td
Significant strikes
88 of 153 · 58%
Total strikes
88 of 154 · 57%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:11
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:39
Rear Naked Choke
Target
Head 44%Body 43%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 93%Clinch 7%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDiego SanchezFeb 2020DQ R30:50 ctrl53 str2 td
Significant strikes
53 of 91 · 58%
Total strikes
56 of 94 · 60%
Takedowns
2 of 2 · 100%
Control
0:50
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Disqualification, R3 3:09
Illegal Knee on Ground
Target
Head 38%Body 53%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 74%Clinch 19%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
LTristan ConnellySep 2019U-DEC3:03 ctrl32 str2 td
Significant strikes
32 of 75 · 43%
Total strikes
56 of 107 · 52%
Takedowns
2 of 5 · 40%
Control
3:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 41%Body 53%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 72%Clinch 28%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDanny RobertsMay 2019KO R10:02 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 11 · 55%
Total strikes
6 of 11 · 55%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:47
Flying Knee Head
Target
Head 67%Body 33%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 17%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.