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Cezar Ferreira vs.
Oluwale Bamgbose

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

9-6-0 Cezar Ferreira · UFC
1-4-0 Oluwale Bamgbose · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-6-0
UFC record
1-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41.5
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
39
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
78"
ReachΔ 0"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
84.8
Layoff (months)Δ 18.8 mo
103.6
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Oluwale Bamgbose carries real power — 0.94 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Cezar Ferreira hunts takedowns — 2.69 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Cezar Ferreira owns the mat — in control 32% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Cezar Ferreira

Full career not yet synced for Cezar Ferreira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Oluwale Bamgbose

Full career not yet synced for Oluwale Bamgbose — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2971.90/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
782.45/min · norm 3.25
3812.44/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
862.70/min · norm 3.20
42.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 47.4%
53.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
55.4%norm 53.8%
20.19/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.94/15 · norm 0.32

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

Cezar Ferreira

Distance 86.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.8% (norm 10.3%)

Oluwale Bamgbose

Distance 75.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Cezar Ferreira

Head 67.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.4%)

Oluwale Bamgbose

Head 66.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ferreira L/AAccMiddleweight med Bamgbose L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 596 39.1% 40.5% 50 / 122 41.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 18 / 29 62.1% 70.3% 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 46 / 68 67.6% 69.1% 13 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 157 / 469 33.5% 38.9% 37 / 107 34.6% 38.9%
To the body 75 / 139 54.0% 71.7% 22 / 33 66.7% 71.7%
To the legs 65 / 85 76.5% 83.3% 19 / 22 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Ferreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Bamgbose L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 260 / 651 39.9% 39.5% 26 / 97 26.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 63 / 97 64.9% 70.9% 18 / 29 62.1% 70.9%
On the ground 58 / 77 75.3% 69.0% 42 / 67 62.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 260 / 645 40.3% 37.9% 60 / 152 39.5% 37.9%
To the body 58 / 87 66.7% 71.3% 20 / 30 66.7% 71.3%
To the legs 63 / 93 67.7% 82.1% 6 / 11 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2853.8% acc · 2.69/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.42
2284.6% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
337.5% def · norm 63.1%
49:3031.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
2:227.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
11:121:04 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
8:424:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.48/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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