Claudio Puelles vs.
Martin Bravo
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.
Claudio Puelles
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500
Martin Bravo
Full career not yet synced for Martin Bravo — 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 -0.8 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)
Claudio Puelles
Distance 70.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 24.1% (norm 8.0%)
Martin Bravo
Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Claudio Puelles
Head 75.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 7.9%)
Martin Bravo
Head 82.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Puelles L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Bravo L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 90 / 244 | 36.9% | 37.9% | 204 / 525 | 38.9% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 18 | too few to rate | 67.3% | 10 / 21 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 61 / 83 | 73.5% | 69.1% | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 100 / 259 | 38.6% | 35.0% | 161 / 459 | 35.1% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 52 / 73 | 71.2% | 69.1% | 45 / 72 | 62.5% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 9 / 13 | too few to rate | 81.9% | 15 / 28 | 53.6% | 80.7% |
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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Puelles L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Bravo L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 175 / 388 | 45.1% | 38.9% | 154 / 314 | 49.0% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 35 | 65.7% | 68.6% | 7 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 77 / 107 | 72.0% | 68.0% | 4 / 10 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 151 / 370 | 40.8% | 35.1% | 110 / 272 | 40.4% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 77 / 104 | 74.0% | 68.1% | 45 / 57 | 78.9% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 47 / 56 | 83.9% | 81.5% | 10 / 10 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
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 — Puelles has more cage time on record.