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Eryk Anders vs. Vinicius Moreira

UFC 10-9-0 (1 NC) vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-9-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
0-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
37
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
6'4"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
7.2
Layoff (months)Δ 61.8 mo
69
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vinicius Moreira's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight norm.
Vinicius Moreira rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Eryk Anders owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Eryk Anders

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Vinicius Moreira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 155

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8193.44/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
382.68/min · norm 3.48
9614.03/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
866.06/min · norm 3.37
47.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 48.45%
50.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
45.6%norm 52.75%
70.44/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Eryk Anders

Distance 68.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 17.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 13.6% (norm 10.0%)

Vinicius Moreira

Distance 91.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Eryk Anders

Head 81.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Vinicius Moreira

Head 26.1% (norm 78.5%) · Body 42.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 31.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Anders L/AAccMiddleweight med Moreira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 450 / 1174 38.3% 40.5% 34 / 63 54.0% 41.5%
In the clinch 208 / 305 68.2% 70.6% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 161 / 232 69.4% 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 571 / 1390 41.1% 38.8% 4 / 18 too few to rate 39.2%
To the body 206 / 265 77.7% 71.6% 17 / 29 58.6% 72.0%
To the legs 42 / 56 75.0% 83.3% 17 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Anders L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Moreira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 721 / 1605 44.9% 39.5% 54 / 113 47.8% 40.6%
In the clinch 199 / 251 79.3% 70.4% 8 / 9 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 41 / 84 48.8% 69.0% 24 / 36 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 523 / 1397 37.4% 37.9% 77 / 146 52.7% 37.7%
To the body 241 / 314 76.8% 71.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 197 / 229 86.0% 82.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2925.4% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
3780.4% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
72:5930.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
2:5220.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
19:511:14 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
2:502:59 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.06/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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