Alex Caceres vs. Urijah Faber
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Alex Caceres
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 16 | 13 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 37 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Urijah Faber
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 24 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.08 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 27 finish wins over 46 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Alex Caceres
Distance 90.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)
Urijah Faber
Distance 77.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 14.5% (norm 6.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Alex Caceres
Head 75.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.9%)
Urijah Faber
Head 82.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Caceres L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Faber L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1306 / 2737 | 47.7% | 40.5% | 444 / 1312 | 33.8% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 128 / 177 | 72.3% | 70.5% | 97 / 139 | 69.8% | 69.0% |
| On the ground | 85 / 126 | 67.5% | 69.3% | 172 / 247 | 69.6% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 950 / 2289 | 41.5% | 37.1% | 524 / 1407 | 37.2% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 381 / 521 | 73.1% | 68.0% | 137 / 222 | 61.7% | 66.9% |
| To the legs | 188 / 230 | 81.7% | 80.3% | 52 / 69 | 75.4% | 79.2% |
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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Caceres L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Faber L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 957 / 2752 | 34.8% | 39.3% | 578 / 1819 | 31.8% | 39.4% |
| In the clinch | 70 / 105 | 66.7% | 70.3% | 100 / 157 | 63.7% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 88 / 144 | 61.1% | 69.4% | 32 / 59 | 54.2% | 72.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 633 / 2305 | 27.5% | 35.9% | 411 / 1592 | 25.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 210 / 358 | 58.7% | 68.0% | 122 / 219 | 55.7% | 66.1% |
| To the legs | 272 / 338 | 80.5% | 81.5% | 177 / 224 | 79.0% | 78.8% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Caceres has more cage time on record.