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Calvin Kattar vs.
Renato Moicano

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

7-8-0 Calvin Kattar · UFC
13-7-0 Renato Moicano · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

7-8-0
UFC record
13-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
12.8
Layoff (months)Δ 8.7 mo
4.1
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Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
The read

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.

Calvin Kattar absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Calvin Kattar rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Calvin Kattar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 168
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 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

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9774.41/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
7714.10/min · norm 3.42
14536.55/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6683.55/min · norm 3.37
38.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
49.2%norm 43.5%
54.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.7%norm 56.3%
50.34/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Calvin Kattar

Distance 95.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

Renato Moicano

Distance 88.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Calvin Kattar

Head 87.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.8%)

Renato Moicano

Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kattar L/AAccFeatherweight med Moicano L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 908 / 2456 37.0% 40.9% 636 / 1379 46.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 16 / 30 53.3% 70.8% 25 / 33 75.8% 67.3%
On the ground 53 / 87 60.9% 69.2% 110 / 155 71.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 760 / 2260 33.6% 37.2% 563 / 1296 43.4% 35.0%
To the body 131 / 209 62.7% 68.2% 75 / 114 65.8% 69.1%
To the legs 86 / 104 82.7% 80.7% 133 / 157 84.7% 81.9%

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: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Kattar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Moicano L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1416 / 3148 45.0% 39.2% 556 / 1502 37.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 24 / 39 61.5% 70.3% 27 / 36 75.0% 68.6%
On the ground 13 / 27 48.1% 69.4% 85 / 119 71.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 859 / 2446 35.1% 35.9% 419 / 1331 31.5% 35.1%
To the body 325 / 450 72.2% 67.9% 123 / 176 69.9% 68.1%
To the legs 269 / 318 84.6% 81.5% 126 / 150 84.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

529.4% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.38
3477.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2764.3% def · norm 64.0%
6:222.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
41:1121.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:230:54 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
24:421:58 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.07/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
70.56/15 · norm 0.49

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

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