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Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Marlon Vera

UFC 14-8-1 vs. 16-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-8-1
UFC record
16-11-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 5 yrs
33
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.4 mo
1
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Deiveson Figueiredo carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.74 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Marlon Vera carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Deiveson Figueiredo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 147
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Marlon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7232.56/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
15524.24/min · norm 3.52
9863.50/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
19735.39/min · norm 3.58
54.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
47.9%norm 43.5%
49.5%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 56.6%
120.64/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
160.66/15 · norm 0.29

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

Deiveson Figueiredo

Distance 82.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 7.3%)

Marlon Vera

Distance 85.7% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.4%)

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

Deiveson Figueiredo

Head 71.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.3%)

Marlon Vera

Head 68.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Figueiredo L/AAccFlyweight med Vera L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 549 / 1098 50.0% 39.9% 1220 / 2775 44.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 70.1% 167 / 214 78.0% 69.0%
On the ground 122 / 165 73.9% 69.7% 165 / 249 66.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 434 / 957 45.4% 37.6% 839 / 2231 37.6% 35.3%
To the body 203 / 272 74.6% 68.5% 341 / 548 62.2% 66.9%
To the legs 86 / 109 78.9% 80.0% 372 / 459 81.0% 79.2%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Figueiredo L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 800 / 1666 48.0% 39.9% 1664 / 3473 47.9% 39.4%
In the clinch 82 / 121 67.8% 68.8% 140 / 204 68.6% 70.6%
On the ground 104 / 165 63.0% 70.4% 169 / 238 71.0% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 640 / 1501 42.6% 35.4% 1190 / 2904 41.0% 34.9%
To the body 156 / 222 70.3% 67.9% 464 / 631 73.5% 66.1%
To the legs 190 / 229 83.0% 80.2% 319 / 380 83.9% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3034.1% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1445.2% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.12
4057.1% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
6772.0% def · norm 65.7%
44:1015.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
32:549.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
48:002:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
65:262:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
221.17/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
180.74/15 · norm 0.28

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