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Abu Azaitar vs.
Vitor Miranda

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-2-0 Abu Azaitar · UFC
3-4-0 Vitor Miranda · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

1-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40.4
AgeΔ 7 yrs
47.4
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
33.5
Layoff (months)Δ 63 mo
96.5
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
The read

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.

Vitor Miranda is wasteful with body shots — only 43% land, vs a 72% Middleweight norm.
Vitor Miranda is accurate with clinch strikes — lands 95%, vs a 70% Middleweight norm.
Abu Azaitar absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

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.

Abu Azaitar

Full career not yet synced for Abu Azaitar — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Vitor Miranda

Full career not yet synced for Vitor Miranda — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1974.38/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2352.98/min · norm 3.25
1944.32/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2322.95/min · norm 3.20
43.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 47.4%
51.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Abu Azaitar

Distance 83.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.3%)

Vitor Miranda

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Abu Azaitar

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Vitor Miranda

Head 64.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Azaitar L/AAccMiddleweight med Miranda L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 380 37.6% 40.5% 135 / 394 34.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 34 / 47 72.3% 70.3% 39 / 41 95.1% 70.3%
On the ground 20 / 26 76.9% 69.1% 61 / 77 79.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 99 / 325 30.5% 38.9% 132 / 330 40.0% 38.9%
To the body 72 / 98 73.5% 71.7% 35 / 82 42.7% 71.7%
To the legs 26 / 30 86.7% 83.3% 68 / 100 68.0% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Azaitar L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Miranda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 126 / 302 41.7% 39.5% 178 / 484 36.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 18 / 25 72.0% 70.9% 22 / 31 71.0% 70.9%
On the ground 50 / 72 69.4% 69.0% 32 / 50 64.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 147 / 334 44.0% 37.9% 156 / 470 33.2% 37.9%
To the body 17 / 28 60.7% 71.3% 33 / 47 70.2% 71.3%
To the legs 30 / 37 81.1% 82.1% 43 / 48 89.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

337.5% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.42
342.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1450.0% def · norm 63.1%
5:5113.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
10:5113.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
15:065:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
31:085:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.19/15 · norm 0.47

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

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