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Felipe Franco vs. Mario Pinto

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 4-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
4-0-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
25
AgeΔ 3 yrs
28
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
6'5"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.1 mo
1.5
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mario Pinto is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Mario Pinto hunts takedowns — 4.62 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Felipe Franco hunts takedowns — 2.56 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Felipe Franco

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Mario Pinto

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.82 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

612.60/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
1243.47/min · norm 3.28
512.17/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
671.88/min · norm 3.19
50.4%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
68.5%norm 47.5%
49.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
58.6%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.42/15 · norm 0.29

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

Felipe Franco

Distance 62.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.4% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 29.8% (norm 10.6%)

Mario Pinto

Distance 49.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 14.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 36.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Felipe Franco

Head 91.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 7.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 9.7%)

Mario Pinto

Head 90.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 5.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 4.4% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Franco L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Pinto L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 76 34.2% 41.5% 44 / 89 49.4% 40.1%
In the clinch 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.8% 20 / 26 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 27 / 36 75.0% 72.9% 60 / 66 90.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 111 46.8% 39.2% 108 / 163 66.3% 39.0%
To the body 8 / 9 too few to rate 72.0% 9 / 10 too few to rate 77.0%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1% 7 / 8 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Franco L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Pinto L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 37 / 85 43.5% 40.6% 51 / 138 37.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 13 / 15 too few to rate 68.8% 16 / 24 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 83 42.2% 37.7% 40 / 126 31.7% 39.3%
To the body 7 / 8 too few to rate 72.9% 23 / 29 79.3% 75.1%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 83.1% 4 / 7 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
444.4% acc · 2.56/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1142.3% acc · 4.62/15 · norm 0.90
1285.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3100.0% def · norm 63.2%
3:5416.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
17:3449.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
6:274:07 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
1:220:34 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
20.84/15 · norm 0.16

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