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Edwin Figueroa vs.
Alex Caceres

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

2-4-0 Edwin Figueroa · UFC
16-13-0 (1 NC) Alex Caceres · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-4-0
UFC record
16-13-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
38.1
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
152.6
Layoff (months)Δ 125.8 mo
26.8
LLLWW
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.

Edwin Figueroa is a submission threat — 0.60 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Edwin Figueroa rarely shoots — 0.20 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Alex Caceres rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Edwin Figueroa

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Alex Caceres

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1613
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1932.57/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
15194.21/min · norm 3.54
2303.06/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
11153.09/min · norm 3.47
39.5%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 45.0%
51.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
62.8%norm 54.85%
20.40/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
50.21/15 · norm 0.29

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

Edwin Figueroa

Distance 73.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 22.3% (norm 6.5%)

Alex Caceres

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Edwin Figueroa

Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.9% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Caceres

Head 75.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Figueroa L/AAccBantamweight med Caceres L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 119 / 359 33.1% 39.0% 1306 / 2737 47.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 8 / 21 too few to rate 68.7% 128 / 177 72.3% 70.8%
On the ground 66 / 109 60.6% 70.2% 85 / 126 67.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 410 33.2% 34.9% 950 / 2289 41.5% 37.2%
To the body 39 / 55 70.9% 66.8% 381 / 521 73.1% 68.2%
To the legs 18 / 24 too few to rate 79.4% 188 / 230 81.7% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Figueroa L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Caceres L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 173 / 388 44.6% 39.3% 957 / 2752 34.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 17 / 28 60.7% 70.4% 70 / 105 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 40 / 61 65.6% 72.4% 88 / 144 61.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 355 40.3% 34.9% 633 / 2305 27.5% 35.9%
To the body 43 / 65 66.2% 66.0% 210 / 358 58.7% 67.9%
To the legs 44 / 57 77.2% 79.1% 272 / 338 80.5% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1100.0% acc · 0.20/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1368.4% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.19
1337.1% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
8564.9% def · norm 61.5%
13:5418.5% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
44:1012.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
30:176:02 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
76:363:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.60/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
160.67/15 · norm 0.46

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

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