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Brandon Moreno vs. Lone'er Kavanagh

UFC 12-7-2 vs. 3-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-7-2
UFC record
3-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32
AgeΔ 5 yrs
27
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
3.3
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Lone'er Kavanagh defends body shots well — opponents land just 49%, vs a 68% Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brandon Moreno

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.7 wins over .500

Lone'er Kavanagh

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 42
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.46 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13753.86/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
3214.10/min · norm 3.48
13133.69/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3083.94/min · norm 3.24
44.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 44.6%
59.9%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 56.4%
40.17/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.19/15 · norm 0.18

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

Brandon Moreno

Distance 91.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 7.3%)

Lone'er Kavanagh

Distance 85.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 7.3%)

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

Brandon Moreno

Head 84.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 10.2% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 9.3%)

Lone'er Kavanagh

Head 70.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Moreno L/AAccFlyweight med Kavanagh L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1208 / 2855 42.3% 39.9% 258 / 550 46.9% 39.9%
In the clinch 76 / 130 58.5% 70.1% 25 / 37 67.6% 70.1%
On the ground 91 / 141 64.5% 69.7% 38 / 55 69.1% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 1004 / 2638 38.1% 37.6% 184 / 451 40.8% 37.6%
To the body 229 / 319 71.8% 68.5% 79 / 112 70.5% 68.5%
To the legs 142 / 169 84.0% 80.0% 58 / 79 73.4% 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 Moreno L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Kavanagh L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1158 / 3061 37.8% 39.9% 238 / 575 41.4% 39.9%
In the clinch 55 / 92 59.8% 68.8% 30 / 39 76.9% 68.8%
On the ground 100 / 124 80.6% 70.4% 40 / 49 81.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 898 / 2682 33.5% 35.4% 188 / 473 39.7% 35.4%
To the body 226 / 336 67.3% 67.9% 47 / 96 49.0% 67.9%
To the legs 189 / 259 73.0% 80.2% 73 / 94 77.7% 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3341.3% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 1.15/15 · norm 1.30
5667.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1982.6% def · norm 62.5%
64:1518.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
9:4112.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
34:521:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
14:172:44 per 15 · norm 2:46
90.38/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
20.38/15 · norm 0.58

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