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Ildemar Alcantara vs.
Richardson Moreira

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

4-3-0 Ildemar Alcantara · UFC
0-2-0 Richardson Moreira · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43.7
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
42.3
6'2"
HeightΔ 0"
6'2"
78"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
132.7
Layoff (months)Δ 5.4 mo
138.1
LWLWL
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.

Ildemar Alcantara is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Richardson Moreira rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Ildemar Alcantara hunts takedowns — 2.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Ildemar Alcantara

Full career not yet synced for Ildemar Alcantara — 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 -0.6 wins over .500

Richardson Moreira

Full career not yet synced for Richardson 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 +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

1881.93/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
181.17/min · norm 3.25
2572.63/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
281.83/min · norm 3.20
38.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
28.6%norm 47.4%
50.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
67.1%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ildemar Alcantara

Distance 83.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.1%)

Richardson Moreira

Distance 77.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Ildemar Alcantara

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.5% (norm 8.4%)

Richardson Moreira

Head 85.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alcantara L/AAccWelterweight med Moreira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 406 31.8% 38.6% 12 / 49 24.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 34 / 41 82.9% 67.8% 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 39 64.1% 67.2% 0 / 6 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 381 27.8% 37.2% 13 / 54 24.1% 38.9%
To the body 62 / 83 74.7% 70.7% 3 / 7 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 20 / 22 too few to rate 82.9% 2 / 2 too few to rate 83.3%

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: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Alcantara L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Moreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 354 43.5% 39.0% 20 / 72 27.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 26 / 33 78.8% 68.9% 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 77 / 130 59.2% 68.0% 2 / 4 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 377 42.7% 35.6% 15 / 66 22.7% 37.9%
To the body 36 / 70 51.4% 69.6% 9 / 15 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 60 / 70 85.7% 82.1% 4 / 4 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1368.4% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
2781.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1100.0% def · norm 63.1%
16:2616.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
2:3817.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
27:184:11 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
1:041:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
60.92/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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