Bruno Korea vs.
Matheus Nicolau
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Bruno Korea
Full career not yet synced for Bruno Korea — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Matheus Nicolau
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 25 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Bruno Korea
Distance 78.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 19.0% (norm 6.5%)
Matheus Nicolau
Distance 90.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 7.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Bruno Korea
Head 82.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 8.4%)
Matheus Nicolau
Head 66.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 24.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 9.3%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Korea L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Nicolau L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 17 / 62 | 27.4% | 39.0% | 354 / 709 | 49.9% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 9 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 50 / 72 | 69.4% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 16 / 65 | 24.6% | 34.9% | 214 / 523 | 40.9% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 66.8% | 137 / 190 | 72.1% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 79.4% | 57 / 73 | 78.1% | 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Korea L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Nicolau L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 33 / 56 | 58.9% | 39.3% | 323 / 1006 | 32.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 31 / 48 | 64.6% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 31 / 59 | 52.5% | 34.9% | 209 / 836 | 25.0% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 66.0% | 78 / 139 | 56.1% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 81 / 100 | 81.0% | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Nicolau has more cage time on record.