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Dustin Ortiz vs.
Alexandre Pantoja

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

8-6-0 Dustin Ortiz · UFC
14-4-0 Alexandre Pantoja · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-6-0
UFC record
14-4-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
36
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
65"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
90.5
Layoff (months)Δ 82.5 mo
8
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW
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.

Dustin Ortiz hunts takedowns — 3.01 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Alexandre Pantoja hunts takedowns — 2.79 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Dustin Ortiz owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight 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.

Dustin Ortiz

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

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Alexandre Pantoja

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 144
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 142

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.51 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5132.94/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
9414.38/min · norm 3.49
3782.17/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
8333.88/min · norm 3.24
44.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 44.6%
56.4%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
49.8%norm 56.4%
20.17/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
40.28/15 · norm 0.18

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

Dustin Ortiz

Distance 64.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 19.2% (norm 7.3%)

Alexandre Pantoja

Distance 87.8% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Dustin Ortiz

Head 75.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 17.8% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 9.3%)

Alexandre Pantoja

Head 76.0% (norm 75.9%) · Body 14.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ortiz L/AAccFlyweight med Pantoja L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 200 / 738 27.1% 40.0% 764 / 1641 46.6% 40.0%
In the clinch 137 / 190 72.1% 70.4% 94 / 126 74.6% 70.4%
On the ground 176 / 221 79.6% 69.7% 83 / 103 80.6% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 300 / 870 34.5% 37.6% 597 / 1421 42.0% 37.6%
To the body 157 / 205 76.6% 68.5% 202 / 274 73.7% 68.5%
To the legs 56 / 74 75.7% 80.0% 142 / 175 81.1% 80.0%

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 · Flyweight: 73 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 Ortiz L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Pantoja L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 249 / 693 35.9% 40.1% 719 / 1489 48.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 81 / 111 73.0% 68.8% 57 / 90 63.3% 68.8%
On the ground 48 / 63 76.2% 71.1% 57 / 82 69.5% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 210 / 640 32.8% 35.2% 677 / 1464 46.2% 35.2%
To the body 84 / 125 67.2% 68.2% 96 / 123 78.0% 68.2%
To the legs 84 / 102 82.4% 80.3% 60 / 74 81.1% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3536.1% acc · 3.01/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
4047.6% acc · 2.79/15 · norm 1.30
4052.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
5469.2% def · norm 62.5%
61:0735.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
69:1832.3% of cage time · norm 17.0%
50:214:19 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
23:431:39 per 15 · norm 2:44
10.09/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
140.98/15 · norm 0.58

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

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