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Joseph Morales vs.
Deiveson Figueiredo

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

3-2-0 Joseph Morales · UFC
14-7-1 Deiveson Figueiredo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-2-0
UFC record
14-7-1
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
38.6
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
8.9
Layoff (months)Δ 6.7 mo
2.2
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Joseph Morales is a submission threat — 3.04 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.
Deiveson Figueiredo carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Joseph Morales carries real power — 0.38 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight 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.

Joseph Morales

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 32
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.41 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Deiveson Figueiredo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 147
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

792.00/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
7182.57/min · norm 3.49
812.05/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
9613.43/min · norm 3.24
40.5%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
53.9%norm 44.6%
57.8%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 56.4%
10.38/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
120.64/15 · norm 0.18

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

Joseph Morales

Distance 68.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 22.1% (norm 7.3%)

Deiveson Figueiredo

Distance 82.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Joseph Morales

Head 80.0% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 9.3%)

Deiveson Figueiredo

Head 71.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Morales L/AAccFlyweight med Figueiredo L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 133 33.1% 40.0% 544 / 1092 49.8% 40.0%
In the clinch 11 / 19 too few to rate 70.4% 52 / 75 69.3% 70.4%
On the ground 24 / 43 55.8% 69.7% 122 / 165 73.9% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 156 32.1% 37.6% 431 / 953 45.2% 37.6%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 68.5% 202 / 271 74.5% 68.5%
To the legs 6 / 8 too few to rate 80.0% 85 / 108 78.7% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Morales L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Figueiredo L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 142 35.9% 40.1% 783 / 1633 47.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 68.8% 82 / 121 67.8% 68.8%
On the ground 23 / 40 57.5% 71.1% 96 / 154 62.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 145 30.3% 35.2% 622 / 1464 42.5% 35.2%
To the body 29 / 38 76.3% 68.2% 151 / 217 69.6% 68.2%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 80.3% 188 / 227 82.8% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

342.9% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
3034.9% acc · 1.61/15 · norm 1.30
426.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4057.1% def · norm 62.5%
6:4217.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
43:4815.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
16:296:15 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
47:482:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
83.04/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
221.18/15 · norm 0.58

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

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