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Geraldo de Freitas vs.
Felipe Colares

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

1-2-0 Geraldo de Freitas · UFC
2-4-0 Felipe Colares · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.9
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
32.4
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
68.7
Layoff (months)Δ 18.2 mo
50.5
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Geraldo de Freitas hunts takedowns — 3.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Opponents land 58% of their head shots on Felipe Colares, vs a 36% Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Felipe Colares owns the mat — in control 26% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Geraldo de Freitas

Full career not yet synced for Geraldo de Freitas — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Felipe Colares

Full career not yet synced for Felipe Colares — 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 +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1653.67/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1912.17/min · norm 3.54
1182.62/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4094.65/min · norm 3.47
52.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 45.0%
50.4%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
36.9%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Geraldo de Freitas

Distance 89.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 6.5%)

Felipe Colares

Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Geraldo de Freitas

Head 82.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 8.4%)

Felipe Colares

Head 73.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Freitas L/AAccBantamweight med Colares L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 283 49.5% 39.0% 147 / 352 41.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 19 / 24 too few to rate 68.7% 20 / 32 62.5% 70.8%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 24 / 38 63.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 118 / 260 45.4% 34.9% 116 / 312 37.2% 37.2%
To the body 36 / 44 81.8% 66.8% 61 / 89 68.5% 68.2%
To the legs 11 / 12 too few to rate 79.4% 14 / 21 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 (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 Freitas L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Colares L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 186 42.5% 39.3% 271 / 470 57.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 15 / 17 too few to rate 70.4% 86 / 114 75.4% 70.3%
On the ground 24 / 35 68.6% 72.4% 52 / 64 81.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 66 / 169 39.1% 34.9% 307 / 528 58.1% 35.9%
To the body 16 / 20 too few to rate 66.0% 60 / 74 81.1% 67.9%
To the legs 36 / 49 73.5% 79.1% 42 / 46 91.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

945.0% acc · 3.00/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1124.4% acc · 1.88/15 · norm 1.19
1659.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1943.2% def · norm 61.5%
8:4419.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
23:2026.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
17:055:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
34:535:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.51/15 · norm 0.46

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

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