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Brian Ortega vs. Renato Moicano

UFC 8-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 13-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
13-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
35
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
13.9
Layoff (months)Δ 7.4 mo
6.5
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brian Ortega is a submission threat — 0.93 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Brian Ortega absorbs 6.38 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Renato Moicano hunts takedowns — 1.68 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Brian Ortega

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.8 wins over .500

Renato Moicano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 137
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.29 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7423.84/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7714.10/min · norm 3.44
12336.38/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6683.55/min · norm 3.38
37.3%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 43.65%
49.3%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.3%
50.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Brian Ortega

Distance 94.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 6.5%)

Renato Moicano

Distance 88.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Brian Ortega

Head 85.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.9%)

Renato Moicano

Head 82.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ortega L/AAccFeatherweight med Moicano L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 657 / 1868 35.2% 40.5% 636 / 1379 46.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 49 / 65 75.4% 70.5% 25 / 33 75.8% 67.5%
On the ground 36 / 54 66.7% 69.3% 110 / 155 71.0% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 528 / 1704 31.0% 37.1% 563 / 1296 43.4% 35.1%
To the body 136 / 187 72.7% 68.0% 75 / 114 65.8% 69.1%
To the legs 78 / 96 81.2% 80.3% 133 / 157 84.7% 81.8%

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 · Lightweight: 204 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 Ortega L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Moicano L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1063 / 2176 48.9% 39.3% 556 / 1502 37.0% 38.8%
In the clinch 44 / 57 77.2% 70.3% 27 / 36 75.0% 68.6%
On the ground 126 / 198 63.6% 69.4% 85 / 119 71.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 875 / 1998 43.8% 35.9% 419 / 1331 31.5% 35.2%
To the body 185 / 242 76.4% 68.0% 123 / 176 69.9% 68.2%
To the legs 173 / 191 90.6% 81.5% 126 / 150 84.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1225.0% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.34
1854.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2764.3% def · norm 63.7%
16:388.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
41:1121.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
22:061:42 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
24:421:58 per 15 · norm 2:50
120.93/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
70.56/15 · norm 0.48

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