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Glaico Franca Moreira vs.
Fernando Bruno

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 Glaico Franca Moreira · UFC
0-2-0 Fernando Bruno · 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
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35.4
AgeΔ 9 yrs
44.4
6'0"
HeightΔ 6"
5'6"
77"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
118.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
120.9
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Glaico Franca Moreira hunts takedowns — 2.68 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Fernando Bruno hunts takedowns — 2.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Fernando Bruno owns the mat — in control 27% 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.

Glaico Franca Moreira

Full career not yet synced for Glaico Franca Moreira — 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 +1.3 wins over .500

Fernando Bruno

Full career not yet synced for Fernando Bruno — 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 +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1052.35/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
521.75/min · norm 3.54
1553.46/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
531.78/min · norm 3.47
42.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
39.1%norm 45.0%
47.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
48.0%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Glaico Franca Moreira

Distance 80.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 15.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 8.0%)

Fernando Bruno

Distance 77.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 22.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Glaico Franca Moreira

Head 80.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.9%)

Fernando Bruno

Head 82.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Moreira L/AAccLightweight med Bruno L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 199 33.2% 37.9% 39 / 103 37.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 32 / 38 84.2% 67.3% 13 / 30 43.3% 70.8%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 199 34.2% 35.0% 40 / 110 36.4% 37.2%
To the body 16 / 22 too few to rate 69.1% 11 / 21 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 21 / 26 80.8% 81.9% 1 / 2 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Moreira L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Bruno L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 254 50.8% 38.9% 26 / 60 43.3% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 68.6% 14 / 24 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 15 / 22 too few to rate 68.0% 13 / 18 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 131 / 265 49.4% 35.1% 24 / 70 34.3% 35.9%
To the body 14 / 18 too few to rate 68.1% 16 / 17 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 81.5% 13 / 15 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.

842.1% acc · 2.68/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
422.2% acc · 2.02/15 · norm 1.19
2376.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
956.3% def · norm 61.5%
12:1027.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
8:0327.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
17:125:45 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:216:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.34/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.46

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

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