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Jackson McVey vs. Brunno Ferreira

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
27
AgeΔ 6 yrs
33
6'4"
HeightΔ 6"
5'10"
77"
ReachΔ 5"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 0.9 mo
1
WWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jackson McVey carries real power — 1.80 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Jackson McVey outworks the Middleweight division — 7.14 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Brunno Ferreira carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jackson McVey

Full career not yet synced for Jackson McVey — 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

Brunno Ferreira

Full career not yet synced for Brunno Ferreira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-3 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

1197.14/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2612.96/min · norm 3.23
663.96/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3323.76/min · norm 3.20
61.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 47.4%
32.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
21.80/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.51/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jackson McVey

Distance 56.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 32.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 10.0%)

Brunno Ferreira

Distance 94.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 10.0%)

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

Jackson McVey

Head 73.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 26.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.5% (norm 8.4%)

Brunno Ferreira

Head 80.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McVey L/AAccMiddleweight med Ferreira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 49 / 110 44.5% 40.5% 241 / 548 44.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 53 / 64 82.8% 70.6% 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 17 / 21 too few to rate 69.4% 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 143 55.2% 38.8% 177 / 467 37.9% 38.8%
To the body 39 / 51 76.5% 71.6% 40 / 61 65.6% 71.6%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.3% 44 / 54 81.5% 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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 McVey L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ferreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 65 64.6% 39.5% 303 / 633 47.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 70.4% 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.0% 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 63 57.1% 37.9% 213 / 528 40.3% 37.9%
To the body 20 / 25 80.0% 71.3% 51 / 66 77.3% 71.3%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 82.1% 68 / 80 85.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.35
00.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1350.0% def · norm 63.3%
4:4828.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
4:325.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
4:384:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
16:242:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.90/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.51/15 · norm 0.45

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