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Angel Pacheco vs.
Santiago Luna

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

0-2-0 Angel Pacheco · UFC
2-1-0 Santiago Luna · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34.6
AgeΔ 12.6 yrs
22
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3.2 mo
2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWW
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.

Santiago Luna is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Santiago Luna carries real power — 0.92 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Angel Pacheco absorbs 9.03 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight 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.

Angel Pacheco

Full career not yet synced for Angel Pacheco — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Santiago Luna

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.41 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 9 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1444.80/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1554.74/min · norm 3.52
2719.03/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
902.76/min · norm 3.58
32.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
53.1%norm 43.4%
45.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
68.0%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.92/15 · norm 0.30

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

Angel Pacheco

Distance 96.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Santiago Luna

Distance 84.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Angel Pacheco

Head 83.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)

Santiago Luna

Head 77.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pacheco L/AAccBantamweight med Luna L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 132 / 436 30.3% 39.0% 120 / 248 48.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 12 / 14 too few to rate 68.7% 27 / 35 77.1% 68.7%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 85 / 375 22.7% 34.9% 114 / 227 50.2% 34.9%
To the body 45 / 57 78.9% 66.8% 35 / 59 59.3% 66.8%
To the legs 14 / 18 too few to rate 79.4% 6 / 6 too few to rate 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 Pacheco L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Luna L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 199 / 398 50.0% 39.3% 74 / 263 28.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 33 / 42 78.6% 70.4% 12 / 14 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 39 / 55 70.9% 72.4% 4 / 4 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 209 / 402 52.0% 34.9% 59 / 238 24.8% 34.9%
To the body 48 / 77 62.3% 66.0% 26 / 35 74.3% 66.0%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 79.1% 5 / 8 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1100.0% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
571.4% acc · 2.30/15 · norm 1.12
111.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
457.1% def · norm 66.7%
0:522.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
5:2416.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
8:054:02 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
12:305:44 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.92/15 · norm 0.28

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

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