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Brandon Moreno vs. Steve Erceg

UFC 12-7-2 vs. 5-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-7-2
UFC record
5-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 1.7 mo
2.9
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Steve Erceg outworks the Flyweight division — 4.56 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.48 norm.
Steve Erceg absorbs 4.14 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.

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

Steve Erceg

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13753.86/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
5654.56/min · norm 3.48
13133.69/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5134.14/min · norm 3.24
44.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.6%
59.9%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.4%
40.17/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · 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%)

Steve Erceg

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.8% (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%)

Steve Erceg

Head 83.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.4% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 4.1% (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 Erceg L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1208 / 2855 42.3% 39.9% 501 / 1132 44.3% 39.9%
In the clinch 76 / 130 58.5% 70.1% 55 / 64 85.9% 70.1%
On the ground 91 / 141 64.5% 69.7% 9 / 10 too few to rate 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 1004 / 2638 38.1% 37.6% 419 / 1007 41.6% 37.6%
To the body 229 / 319 71.8% 68.5% 103 / 150 68.7% 68.5%
To the legs 142 / 169 84.0% 80.0% 43 / 49 87.8% 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 Erceg L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1158 / 3061 37.8% 39.9% 441 / 1059 41.6% 39.9%
In the clinch 55 / 92 59.8% 68.8% 44 / 57 77.2% 68.8%
On the ground 100 / 124 80.6% 70.4% 28 / 38 73.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 898 / 2682 33.5% 35.4% 309 / 874 35.4% 35.4%
To the body 226 / 336 67.3% 67.9% 97 / 156 62.2% 67.9%
To the legs 189 / 259 73.0% 80.2% 107 / 124 86.3% 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3341.3% acc · 1.39/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
927.3% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.30
5667.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3167.4% def · norm 62.5%
64:1518.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
13:5911.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
34:521:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
14:481:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
90.38/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
30.36/15 · 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.