Pedro Rizzo · MMA Index

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Event	Date
W	Ricco Rodriguez Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC 45: Revolution	Nov 21, 2003
W	TT Tra Telligman Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Facial Cuts R2 · 4:24	UFC 43: Meltdown	Jun 6, 2003
L	Vladimir Matyushenko Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R3 · 5:00	UFC 41: Onslaught	Feb 28, 2003
L	GM Gan McGee Heavyweight	KO/TKO · to Corner Stoppage R1 · 5:00	UFC 39: The Warriors Return	Sep 27, 2002
W	Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R3 · 1:45	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	Mar 22, 2002
L	Randy CoutureTitle Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground R3 · 3:22	UFC 34: High Voltage	Nov 2, 2001
L	Randy CoutureTitle Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R5 · 5:00	UFC 31: Locked and Loaded	May 4, 2001
W	Josh Barnett Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R2 · 4:21	UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk	Feb 23, 2001
W	Dan Severn Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Kicks to Leg At Distance Submission to Strikes R1 · 1:33	UFC 27: Ultimate Bad Boyz	Sep 22, 2000
L	KR Kevin RandlemanTitle Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) R5 · 5:00	UFC 26: Ultimate Field Of Dreams	Jun 9, 2000
W	TK Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head On Ground R3 · 1:17	UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2	Nov 19, 1999
W	TT Tra Telligman Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R1 · 4:30	UFC 20: Battle for the Gold	May 7, 1999
W	Mark Coleman Heavyweight	Decision (Split) R2 · 3:00	UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title	Jan 8, 1999
W	DA David Abbott Heavyweight	KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance R1 · 8:07	UFC - Ultimate Brazil	Oct 16, 1998

Career striking

UFC career

Sig. strikes / min

1.93

Striking accuracy

34.00%

Sig. absorbed / min

3.02

Striking defense

50.00%

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

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Pedro Rizzo

Landed per 15

Head

13.4

bottom of the division

Body

1.5

bottom of the division

Leg

11.6

top 19% of division

Absorbed per 15

Head

21.9

top 27% of division

Body

2.6

top 10% of division

Leg

9.2

below division average

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	13.4	145	599	24%
Body	1.5	16	16	100%
Leg	11.6	125	160	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	21.9	237	617	38%
Body	2.6	28	41	68%
Leg	9.2	100	139	72%

Per-15-minute rates and totals come from UFCStats fight-totals across this fighter’s UFC career. Percentile context is computed against every fighter currently assigned to this weight class with at least two recorded UFC bouts. “Absorbed” percentiles are inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Derived metrics

Computed from UFC career stats

Strike differential

SLpM − SApM

-1.09

Defensive rating

(str def + td def) / 2

64%

Striking edge

str acc − (100 − str def)

-16%

Career grappling

UFC career

Takedowns / 15min

0.26

Takedown accuracy

28.00%

Sub. attempts / 15min

0.00

Takedown defense

78.00%

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of wrestling output and ground control.

UFC only

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Pedro Rizzo

Offense

Takedowns

per 15 min

0.2

below division average

TD accuracy

% of attempts landed

29%

below division average

Sub attempts

per 15 min

0.0

well below average

Control

min on top, per 15

1.4 min

below division average

Defense

TD defense

% of opponent attempts stopped

77%

top 26% of division

Controlled

min on bottom, per 15

2.3 min

no division reference

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 7
Submission attempts	0
Control time	15:13

Defense

TDs defended	55 / 71
Control absorbed	25:03

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (162min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

How this fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

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Pedro Rizzo

14 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 162 min

115%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Rizzo actually builds to 115% of round-1 work rate by round 3, across 7 UFC bouts that reached the third round.

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Rizzo ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

PR

Rizzolanded / min

Takedown attempts

PR

Rizzoattempts / min

Control time

PR

Rizzo% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.2	1.8	3.1	0.06	5%	14
R2	3.1	2.3	2.0	0.04	17%	10
R3	1.7	1.4	1.3	0.04	5%	7
R4	0.9	0.5	1.8	0.00	9%	2
R5	1.6	1.0	0.9	0.00	15%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Percentile-ranked across every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

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Pedro Rizzo

14 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

35/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

who you've faced (time-weighted)

25

57th percentile

Quality wins

what you've done against that schedule

51

73rd percentile

How to read this

Every UFC opponent is scored by where they were ranked and what their UFC record was at the time of that fight — not where they sit today. Schedule strength is the recency-weighted average of opponent quality; quality wins scores actual results against that schedule (finishes count more than splits, losses cost the full opp quality). The headline is a percentile rank against every UFC fighter with at least three resolved bouts. Note: UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from opponent UFC record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

2

5

Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Title-fight challenger	3	0-3	0%
Contender-level	2	2-0	100%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	5	4-1	80%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Ricco Rodriguez	Established	30	Nov 21, 2003
W	Tra Telligman	Unproven	8	Jun 6, 2003
L	Vladimir Matyushenko	Building	18	Feb 28, 2003
L	Gan McGee	Unproven	8	Sep 27, 2002
W	Andrei Arlovski	Unproven	8	Mar 22, 2002
L	Randy Couture	Title-fight challenger	50	Nov 2, 2001
L	Randy Couture	Title-fight challenger	50	May 4, 2001
W	Josh Barnett	Unproven	8	Feb 23, 2001
W	Dan Severn	Contender-level	45	Sep 22, 2000
L	Kevin Randleman	Title-fight challenger	50	Jun 9, 2000
W	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	Building	18	Nov 19, 1999
W	Tra Telligman	Unproven	8	May 7, 1999
W	Mark Coleman	Established	30	Jan 8, 1999
W	David Abbott	Contender-level	45	Oct 16, 1998

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-1

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-3

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-3

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-3

3 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-3

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-1

2 bouts

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Method of victory & defeat

9-5 UFC

KO / TKO

7 wins, 2 losses

incl. 1 cut/injury stoppage — not a clean KO

W7

L2

Submission

0 wins, 0 losses

W0

L0

Decision

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.57

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power, chin durability, and when the last finish landed. Genuine knockouts are kept separate from cut, injury, and corner stoppages.

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Pedro Rizzo

Knockout rate

50%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

5.52 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.42 per 100 head

Never submittedin the UFC

Activity & layoff

When this fighter last competed, how often they've been active, and how that reads against active peers in their division.

Days since last UFC bout

22y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

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Pedro Rizzo

Extended layoff

22y 6mosince last bout

vs Ricco Rodriguez · Nov 21, 2003