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Albert Morales vs.
Alejandro Perez

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

1-4-1 Albert Morales · UFC
8-4-1 Alejandro Perez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-4-1
UFC record
8-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
101.3
Layoff (months)Δ 48 mo
53.3
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Alejandro Perez rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Alejandro Perez defends clinch strikes well — opponents land just 36%, vs a 70% Bantamweight norm.
Albert Morales rarely shoots — 0.61 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
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.

Albert Morales

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Alejandro Perez

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2783.75/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4793.45/min · norm 3.52
2943.96/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4423.18/min · norm 3.58
34.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
35.6%norm 43.4%
56.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.11/15 · norm 0.30

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

Albert Morales

Distance 93.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 6.5%)

Alejandro Perez

Distance 88.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 6.5%)

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

Albert Morales

Head 80.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.7% (norm 8.4%)

Alejandro Perez

Head 80.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Morales L/AAccBantamweight med Perez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 750 33.1% 39.0% 383 / 1193 32.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 29 37.9% 68.7% 28 / 54 51.9% 68.7%
On the ground 19 / 26 73.1% 70.2% 68 / 97 70.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 163 / 645 25.3% 34.9% 296 / 1081 27.4% 34.9%
To the body 28 / 42 66.7% 66.8% 60 / 81 74.1% 66.8%
To the legs 87 / 118 73.7% 79.4% 123 / 182 67.6% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Morales L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Perez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 226 / 582 38.8% 39.3% 414 / 1097 37.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 10 / 20 too few to rate 70.4% 13 / 36 36.1% 70.4%
On the ground 58 / 79 73.4% 72.4% 15 / 22 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 559 38.8% 34.9% 214 / 828 25.8% 34.9%
To the body 39 / 70 55.7% 66.0% 119 / 184 64.7% 66.0%
To the legs 38 / 52 73.1% 79.1% 109 / 143 76.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

337.5% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.12
964.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2271.0% def · norm 66.7%
12:1216.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:496.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
17:463:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:481:09 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.32/15 · norm 0.28

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

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