Frankie Edgar vs.
Pedro Munhoz
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Frankie Edgar
Full career not yet synced for Frankie Edgar — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 17-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500
Pedro Munhoz
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 10 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 4 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 8-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Frankie Edgar
Distance 82.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 6.5%)
Pedro Munhoz
Distance 94.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Frankie Edgar
Head 79.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.8%)
Pedro Munhoz
Head 70.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.5% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Edgar L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Munhoz L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1263 / 3672 | 34.4% | 40.9% | 1252 / 3065 | 40.8% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 129 / 207 | 62.3% | 70.8% | 57 / 99 | 57.6% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 409 / 572 | 71.5% | 69.2% | 49 / 75 | 65.3% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 1195 / 3545 | 33.7% | 37.2% | 723 / 2284 | 31.7% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 344 / 566 | 60.8% | 68.2% | 224 / 419 | 53.5% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 262 / 340 | 77.1% | 80.7% | 411 / 536 | 76.7% | 79.4% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Edgar L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Munhoz L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 1159 / 3660 | 31.7% | 39.2% | 1543 / 3519 | 43.8% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 93 / 156 | 59.6% | 70.3% | 27 / 60 | 45.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 94 / 135 | 69.6% | 69.4% | 17 / 25 | 68.0% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 995 / 3447 | 28.9% | 35.9% | 1142 / 2924 | 39.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 204 / 317 | 64.4% | 67.9% | 248 / 435 | 57.0% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 147 / 187 | 78.6% | 81.5% | 197 / 245 | 80.4% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Edgar has more cage time on record.