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Dustin Ortiz vs.
Brandon Moreno

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
11-7-2 Brandon Moreno · 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
11-7-2
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
37.6
AgeΔ 4.9 yrs
32.7
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
65"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
90.5
Layoff (months)Δ 85.3 mo
5.2
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.
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

Brandon Moreno

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 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
13083.84/min · norm 3.49
3782.17/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
12423.64/min · norm 3.24
44.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.6%
56.4%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 56.4%
20.17/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
40.18/15 · 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%)

Brandon Moreno

Distance 91.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.6% (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%)

Brandon Moreno

Head 84.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.4% (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 Moreno L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 200 / 738 27.1% 40.0% 1147 / 2684 42.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 137 / 190 72.1% 70.4% 72 / 126 57.1% 70.4%
On the ground 176 / 221 79.6% 69.7% 89 / 136 65.4% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 300 / 870 34.5% 37.6% 969 / 2494 38.9% 37.6%
To the body 157 / 205 76.6% 68.5% 207 / 293 70.6% 68.5%
To the legs 56 / 74 75.7% 80.0% 132 / 159 83.0% 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 Moreno L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 249 / 693 35.9% 40.1% 1097 / 2891 37.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 81 / 111 73.0% 68.8% 48 / 82 58.5% 68.8%
On the ground 48 / 63 76.2% 71.1% 97 / 121 80.2% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 210 / 640 32.8% 35.2% 840 / 2519 33.3% 35.2%
To the body 84 / 125 67.2% 68.2% 217 / 322 67.4% 68.2%
To the legs 84 / 102 82.4% 80.3% 185 / 253 73.1% 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
3139.7% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.30
4052.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4965.3% def · norm 62.5%
61:0735.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
61:4118.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
50:214:19 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
34:171:30 per 15 · norm 2:44
10.09/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
90.40/15 · norm 0.58

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

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