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Gabriel Benitez vs.
Humberto Brown Morrison

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

7-8-0 Gabriel Benitez · UFC
0-1-0 Humberto Brown Morrison · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-8-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38.1
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
41.8
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
27.3
Layoff (months)Δ 113.4 mo
140.7
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Humberto Brown Morrison owns the mat — in control 58% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Benitez is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gabriel Benitez rarely shoots — 0.22 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.

Gabriel Benitez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 78
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Humberto Brown Morrison

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7315.26/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
181.71/min · norm 3.54
6254.49/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
232.19/min · norm 3.47
41.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 45.0%
63.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
62.3%norm 54.85%
40.43/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Gabriel Benitez

Distance 93.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 6.5%)

Humberto Brown Morrison

Distance 55.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 30.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Gabriel Benitez

Head 77.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.7% (norm 7.8%)

Humberto Brown Morrison

Head 77.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Benitez L/AAccFeatherweight med Morrison L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 658 / 1638 40.2% 40.9% 8 / 20 too few to rate 40.9%
In the clinch 19 / 36 52.8% 70.8% 3 / 5 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 54 / 80 67.5% 69.2% 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 416 / 1358 30.6% 37.2% 13 / 28 46.4% 37.2%
To the body 165 / 226 73.0% 68.2% 1 / 4 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 150 / 170 88.2% 80.7% 4 / 4 too few to rate 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Benitez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Morrison L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 532 / 1591 33.4% 39.2% 19 / 53 35.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 42 / 68 61.8% 70.3% 4 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 51 / 73 69.9% 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 1462 28.9% 35.9% 15 / 48 31.2% 35.9%
To the body 123 / 181 68.0% 67.9% 5 / 10 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 80 / 89 89.9% 81.5% 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

250.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 1.43/15 · norm 1.19
2955.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 61.5%
5:354.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
6:0758.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
30:423:18 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
0:250:35 per 15 · norm 3:12
80.86/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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