Caio Machado vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Caio Machado
Full career not yet synced for Caio Machado — 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 -0.7 wins over .500
Brendson Ribeiro
Full career not yet synced for Brendson Ribeiro — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Caio Machado
Distance 97.5% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 9.3%)
Brendson Ribeiro
Distance 97.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 10.6%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Caio Machado
Head 65.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 22.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.0% (norm 7.6%)
Brendson Ribeiro
Head 68.2% (norm 78.5%) · Body 12.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 19.0% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Machado L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Ribeiro L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 219 / 463 | 47.3% | 40.1% | 168 / 427 | 39.3% | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 98 / 312 | 31.4% | 39.0% | 89 / 298 | 29.9% | 39.2% |
| To the body | 82 / 106 | 77.4% | 77.0% | 34 / 56 | 60.7% | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 48 / 57 | 84.2% | 87.8% | 51 / 83 | 61.4% | 82.1% |
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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Machado L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Ribeiro L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 150 / 403 | 37.2% | 40.7% | 167 / 382 | 43.7% | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 72.2% | 51 / 80 | 63.8% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 100 / 324 | 30.9% | 39.3% | 113 / 314 | 36.0% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 36 / 57 | 63.2% | 75.1% | 56 / 89 | 62.9% | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 19 / 31 | 61.3% | 84.4% | 54 / 66 | 81.8% | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ribeiro has more cage time on record.