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26-10
Red corner
VS
19-7
Blue corner

The model's read of this fight

One honest, calibrated confidence split — a real, booked bout, so we show the number.

LOW We predict Sumudaerji67% confident
Alex Perez 33% Sumudaerji 67%

The grappling gap is real: Alex Perez averages 2.21 takedowns per 15 min to 0.67. Net of it, the method model leans a decision (52%), the model flags Sumudaerji at LOW.

Built only from the striking / grappling rates and the method read shown on this page — career averages from public UFC statistics. If a number isn't in the data, it isn't in this summary.

Tale of the tape

Alex Perez vs Sumudaerji — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

26-10Record19-7
5' 6"Height5' 8"
65.0"Reach72.0"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
34Age30
125 lbs.Weight125 lbs.
United StatesNationality
Lemoore, CaliforniaHometown
Team OyamaFighting out of
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Alex PerezSumudaerji
71
Striking
78
66
Defence
81
59
Grappling / TD
31
26
Cardio
82
59
Chin
82
56
Fight IQ
71
Our read — derived, not official stats.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Alex Perez15 UFC fights · 445 landed

58.6%
HEAD
61.5%
18.0%
BODY
14.8%
23.4%
LEGS
23.7%

Sumudaerji11 UFC fights · 519 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

Stat-by-stat

Alex Perez (left) vs Sumudaerji (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min
4.41
vs
4.43
Striking accuracy
46%
vs
50%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.2
vs
2.35
Striking defence
59%
vs
62%
Takedowns / 15 min
2.21
vs
0.67
Takedown accuracy
48%
vs
35%
Takedown defence
75%
vs
72%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
vs
0.5
Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Live market

The market line next to the live prediction-market price — information only, not a bet call.

paymentsSportsbook line
Alex Perez+200
Sumudaerji-219
Live · Polymarket
Alex Perez34% · +199
Sumudaerji66% · -199
as of 2026-08-25T04:57:06Z · $4,478 liquidity. The implied chance is the market's number, not ours.

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