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Jussier Formiga vs.
Scott Jorgensen

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

9-7-0 Jussier Formiga · UFC
4-8-0 Scott Jorgensen · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-7-0
UFC record
4-8-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41
AgeΔ 2 yrs
43
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
74
Layoff (months)Δ 54.5 mo
128.5
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.

Scott Jorgensen hunts takedowns — 2.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jussier Formiga owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Jussier Formiga hunts takedowns — 1.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 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.

Jussier Formiga

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

In the UFC: 7-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Scott Jorgensen

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2571.42/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
3933.08/min · norm 3.52
4232.34/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
4983.91/min · norm 3.58
39.6%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
39.3%norm 43.4%
64.1%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
61.6%norm 56.6%
20.17/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.30

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

Jussier Formiga

Distance 84.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 7.3%)

Scott Jorgensen

Distance 86.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jussier Formiga

Head 85.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 9.3%)

Scott Jorgensen

Head 84.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Formiga L/AAccFlyweight med Jorgensen L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 549 33.5% 40.0% 295 / 859 34.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 30 / 43 69.8% 70.4% 62 / 91 68.1% 68.7%
On the ground 43 / 57 75.4% 69.7% 36 / 49 73.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 556 34.0% 37.6% 262 / 839 31.2% 34.9%
To the body 40 / 60 66.7% 68.5% 64 / 85 75.3% 66.8%
To the legs 28 / 33 84.8% 80.0% 67 / 75 89.3% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Formiga L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Jorgensen L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 253 / 928 27.3% 40.1% 421 / 1171 36.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 99 / 140 70.7% 68.8% 44 / 69 63.8% 70.4%
On the ground 71 / 110 64.5% 71.1% 33 / 56 58.9% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 239 / 896 26.7% 35.2% 332 / 1056 31.4% 34.9%
To the body 125 / 195 64.1% 68.2% 99 / 148 66.9% 66.0%
To the legs 59 / 87 67.8% 80.3% 67 / 92 72.8% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2235.5% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
2140.4% acc · 2.47/15 · norm 1.12
2787.1% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3062.5% def · norm 66.7%
52:3929.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
29:5023.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
26:192:10 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
18:512:13 per 15 · norm 2:24
70.58/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
20.24/15 · norm 0.28

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

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