Aaron Pico vs.
Lerone Murphy
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Aaron Pico
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500
Lerone Murphy
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 7-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Aaron Pico
Distance 89.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 6.5%)
Lerone Murphy
Distance 87.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Aaron Pico
Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)
Lerone Murphy
Head 75.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pico L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Murphy L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 97 / 187 | 51.9% | 40.9% | 577 / 1213 | 47.6% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 69 / 83 | 83.1% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 7 / 9 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 61 / 88 | 69.3% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 86 / 179 | 48.0% | 37.2% | 449 / 1041 | 43.1% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 16 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 152 / 216 | 70.4% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 11 / 11 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 106 / 127 | 83.5% | 80.7% |
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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Pico L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Murphy L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 43 / 90 | 47.8% | 39.2% | 361 / 973 | 37.1% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 45 / 74 | 60.8% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 26 / 44 | 59.1% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 32 / 69 | 46.4% | 35.9% | 246 / 832 | 29.6% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 67.9% | 108 / 152 | 71.1% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 78 / 107 | 72.9% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Murphy has more cage time on record.