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Ike Villanueva vs. Vinicius Moreira

UFC 1-5-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-5-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 5 yrs
37
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
6'4"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
53.9
Layoff (months)Δ 15.1 mo
69
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ike Villanueva absorbs 7.24 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Vinicius Moreira's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight norm.
Vinicius Moreira rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ike Villanueva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 156

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.12 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500

Vinicius Moreira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 155

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

923.66/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
382.68/min · norm 3.48
1827.24/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
866.06/min · norm 3.37
38.5%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 48.45%
36.4%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
45.6%norm 52.75%
10.60/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Ike Villanueva

Distance 89.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.6%)

Vinicius Moreira

Distance 91.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Ike Villanueva

Head 89.5% (norm 78.5%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 9.7%)

Vinicius Moreira

Head 26.1% (norm 78.5%) · Body 42.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 31.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Villanueva L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Moreira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 213 36.6% 41.5% 34 / 63 54.0% 41.5%
In the clinch 11 / 19 too few to rate 70.8% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 3 / 7 too few to rate 72.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 214 33.6% 39.2% 4 / 18 too few to rate 39.2%
To the body 18 / 22 too few to rate 72.0% 17 / 29 58.6% 72.0%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 82.1% 17 / 22 too few to rate 82.1%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Villanueva L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Moreira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 151 / 247 61.1% 40.6% 54 / 113 47.8% 40.6%
In the clinch 23 / 27 85.2% 68.8% 8 / 9 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 8 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 24 / 36 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 82 / 164 50.0% 37.7% 77 / 146 52.7% 37.7%
To the body 48 / 62 77.4% 72.9% 8 / 11 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 52 / 60 86.7% 83.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
1:054.3% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
2:5220.2% of cage time · norm 17.1%
0:390:23 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
2:502:59 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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