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Jonathan Pearce vs.
Omar Morales

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

5-4-0 Jonathan Pearce · UFC
3-4-0 Omar Morales · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-4-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34.3
AgeΔ 6.5 yrs
40.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
21.8
Layoff (months)Δ 18.8 mo
40.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Jonathan Pearce hunts takedowns — 5.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jonathan Pearce owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Omar Morales rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Jonathan Pearce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Omar Morales

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3624.18/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2903.17/min · norm 3.42
2472.85/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2883.14/min · norm 3.37
53.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
37.9%norm 43.5%
54.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jonathan Pearce

Distance 68.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 19.6% (norm 6.5%)

Omar Morales

Distance 92.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jonathan Pearce

Head 79.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 7.8%)

Omar Morales

Head 83.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pearce L/AAccFeatherweight med Morales L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 187 / 462 40.5% 40.9% 255 / 710 35.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 71 / 84 84.5% 70.8% 21 / 31 67.7% 67.3%
On the ground 104 / 133 78.2% 69.2% 14 / 25 56.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 539 47.1% 37.2% 188 / 637 29.5% 35.0%
To the body 67 / 95 70.5% 68.2% 56 / 79 70.9% 69.1%
To the legs 41 / 45 91.1% 80.7% 46 / 50 92.0% 81.9%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Pearce L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Morales L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 483 42.0% 39.2% 258 / 657 39.3% 38.9%
In the clinch 24 / 40 60.0% 70.3% 12 / 16 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 20 / 25 80.0% 69.4% 18 / 28 64.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 470 39.6% 35.9% 114 / 468 24.4% 35.1%
To the body 45 / 61 73.8% 67.9% 99 / 128 77.3% 68.1%
To the legs 16 / 17 too few to rate 81.5% 75 / 105 71.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2950.0% acc · 5.02/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
3100.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 1.38
1250.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2062.5% def · norm 64.0%
39:3945.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
8:579.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:002:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
16:012:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
50.87/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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