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Amir Albazi vs.
Francisco Figueiredo

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

5-2-0 Amir Albazi · UFC
2-2-0 Francisco Figueiredo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32.8
AgeΔ 4 yrs
36.8
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
68"
ReachΔ 0"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 41.6 mo
47.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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.

Francisco Figueiredo hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Francisco Figueiredo owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Amir Albazi carries real power — 0.30 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight 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.

Amir Albazi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Francisco Figueiredo

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2512.47/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
732.04/min · norm 3.49
3943.88/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
932.59/min · norm 3.24
33.8%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
61.9%norm 44.6%
59.4%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
61.6%norm 56.4%
20.30/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.18

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

Amir Albazi

Distance 91.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 7.3%)

Francisco Figueiredo

Distance 78.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Amir Albazi

Head 84.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 9.3%)

Francisco Figueiredo

Head 51.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 22.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 25.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Albazi L/AAccFlyweight med Figueiredo L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 214 / 683 31.3% 40.0% 54 / 92 58.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.4% 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 30 / 45 66.7% 69.7% 11 / 17 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 174 / 629 27.7% 37.6% 29 / 61 47.5% 37.6%
To the body 44 / 69 63.8% 68.5% 19 / 27 70.4% 68.5%
To the legs 33 / 45 73.3% 80.0% 25 / 30 83.3% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Albazi L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Figueiredo L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 377 / 938 40.2% 40.1% 51 / 180 28.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 9 / 16 too few to rate 68.8% 14 / 29 48.3% 68.8%
On the ground 8 / 16 too few to rate 71.1% 28 / 33 84.8% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 266 / 784 33.9% 35.2% 63 / 187 33.7% 35.2%
To the body 77 / 115 67.0% 68.2% 12 / 24 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 51 / 71 71.8% 80.3% 18 / 31 58.1% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

825.0% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
675.0% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.30
562.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1676.2% def · norm 62.5%
24:3824.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
11:2231.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
2:490:24 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
10:124:15 per 15 · norm 2:44
30.44/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
10.42/15 · norm 0.58

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

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