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Hector Aldana vs. Miguel Baeza

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
34
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
84.3
Layoff (months)Δ 55.9 mo
28.4
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Miguel Baeza is a submission threat — 1.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Hector Aldana's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Miguel Baeza absorbs 5.91 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Hector Aldana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 03
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.43 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 8 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Miguel Baeza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1163.59/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2784.09/min · norm 3.17
1645.08/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4025.91/min · norm 3.08
38.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
47.8%norm 44.75%
59.7%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.66/15 · norm 0.38

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

Hector Aldana

Distance 95.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.3% (norm 8.1%)

Miguel Baeza

Distance 94.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Hector Aldana

Head 74.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.9% (norm 8.0%)

Miguel Baeza

Head 65.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aldana L/AAccWelterweight med Baeza L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 109 / 289 37.7% 38.5% 254 / 550 46.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 6 / 12 too few to rate 67.8% 6 / 8 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 67.0% 18 / 24 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 64 / 225 28.4% 36.4% 117 / 382 30.6% 36.4%
To the body 13 / 26 50.0% 70.7% 63 / 92 68.5% 70.7%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 83.0% 98 / 108 90.7% 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Aldana L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Baeza L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 150 / 385 39.0% 39.1% 229 / 581 39.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.9% 24 / 32 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 11 / 17 too few to rate 68.0% 149 / 180 82.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 104 / 325 32.0% 35.6% 306 / 668 45.8% 35.6%
To the body 21 / 41 51.2% 69.6% 48 / 64 75.0% 69.6%
To the legs 39 / 41 95.1% 82.2% 48 / 61 78.7% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2100.0% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.44/15 · norm 1.31
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
444.4% def · norm 63.9%
1:023.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:534.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:040:01 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
12:092:40 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
91.99/15 · norm 0.44

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