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Kazula Vargas vs.
Brok Weaver

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

1-3-0 Kazula Vargas · UFC
1-2-0 Brok Weaver · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
34.7
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
52.6
Layoff (months)Δ 18.2 mo
70.8
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW
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.

Kazula Vargas rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Brok Weaver absorbs 5.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Kazula Vargas's takedown defense leaks — 30% stopped, vs a 64% 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.

Kazula Vargas

Full career not yet synced for Kazula Vargas — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Brok Weaver

Full career not yet synced for Brok Weaver — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1383.65/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
753.44/min · norm 3.42
671.77/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1215.55/min · norm 3.37
53.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
54.7%norm 43.5%
57.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kazula Vargas

Distance 91.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Brok Weaver

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kazula Vargas

Head 69.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 7.9%)

Brok Weaver

Head 54.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 23.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vargas L/AAccLightweight med Weaver L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 233 50.6% 37.9% 62 / 118 52.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 6 / 8 too few to rate 67.3% 10 / 16 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 14 / 15 too few to rate 69.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 179 43.0% 35.0% 25 / 75 33.3% 35.0%
To the body 38 / 49 77.6% 69.1% 23 / 30 76.7% 69.1%
To the legs 23 / 28 82.1% 81.9% 27 / 32 84.4% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Vargas L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Weaver L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 53 / 139 38.1% 38.9% 81 / 190 42.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 68.6% 11 / 16 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.0% 29 / 36 80.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 146 39.7% 35.1% 75 / 182 41.2% 35.1%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.1% 29 / 42 69.0% 68.1%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 81.5% 17 / 18 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

125.0% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.69/15 · norm 1.38
330.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
350.0% def · norm 64.0%
7:1819.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
2:4812.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
15:386:11 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
7:585:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.40/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.69/15 · norm 0.49

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

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