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Deiveson Figueiredo vs.
Song Yadong

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

14-7-1 Deiveson Figueiredo · UFC
12-4-1 Song Yadong · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

14-7-1
UFC record
12-4-1
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38.6
AgeΔ 9.9 yrs
28.7
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
2.2
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Deiveson Figueiredo carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Deiveson Figueiredo is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Song Yadong carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight 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.

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: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Song Yadong

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 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

7182.57/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
9584.34/min · norm 3.52
9613.43/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
8423.81/min · norm 3.58
53.9%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 43.4%
49.6%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
55.0%norm 56.6%
120.64/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
70.48/15 · norm 0.30

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

Deiveson Figueiredo

Distance 82.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 7.3%)

Song Yadong

Distance 91.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Deiveson Figueiredo

Head 71.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.3%)

Song Yadong

Head 76.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.0% (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 Yadong L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 544 / 1092 49.8% 40.0% 824 / 2007 41.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 70.4% 57 / 79 72.2% 68.7%
On the ground 122 / 165 73.9% 69.7% 77 / 108 71.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 431 / 953 45.2% 37.6% 587 / 1681 34.9% 34.9%
To the body 202 / 271 74.5% 68.5% 182 / 272 66.9% 66.8%
To the legs 85 / 108 78.7% 80.0% 189 / 241 78.4% 79.4%

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: 117 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 Yadong L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 783 / 1633 47.9% 40.1% 763 / 1771 43.1% 39.3%
In the clinch 82 / 121 67.8% 68.8% 38 / 52 73.1% 70.4%
On the ground 96 / 154 62.3% 71.1% 41 / 50 82.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 622 / 1464 42.5% 35.2% 485 / 1383 35.1% 34.9%
To the body 151 / 217 69.6% 68.2% 172 / 263 65.4% 66.0%
To the legs 188 / 227 82.8% 80.3% 185 / 227 81.5% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3034.9% acc · 1.61/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1241.4% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
4057.1% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4873.8% def · norm 66.7%
43:4815.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
29:2713.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
47:482:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
19:111:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
221.18/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
30.20/15 · norm 0.28

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

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