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Kevin Borjas vs. Alessandro Costa

UFC 2-5-0 vs. 5-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-5-0
UFC record
5-3-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
28
AgeΔ 2 yrs
30
5'5"
HeightΔ 1"
5'4"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
3.3
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alessandro Costa carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Kevin Borjas carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Kevin Borjas rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Borjas

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Alessandro Costa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.16 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2653.31/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
2773.94/min · norm 3.48
4755.93/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2683.81/min · norm 3.24
42.3%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
49.3%norm 44.6%
49.0%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
54.3%norm 56.4%
30.56/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
40.85/15 · norm 0.18

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

Kevin Borjas

Distance 96.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 7.3%)

Alessandro Costa

Distance 84.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 7.3%)

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

Kevin Borjas

Head 83.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 10.4% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 9.3%)

Alessandro Costa

Head 72.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Borjas L/AAccFlyweight med Costa L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 247 / 602 41.0% 39.9% 209 / 474 44.1% 39.9%
In the clinch 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.1% 22 / 29 75.9% 70.1%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.7% 46 / 59 78.0% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 525 37.0% 37.6% 170 / 407 41.8% 37.6%
To the body 44 / 65 67.7% 68.5% 52 / 75 69.3% 68.5%
To the legs 27 / 36 75.0% 80.0% 55 / 80 68.8% 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 Borjas L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Costa L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 387 / 795 48.7% 39.9% 209 / 511 40.9% 39.9%
In the clinch 15 / 24 too few to rate 68.8% 27 / 31 87.1% 68.8%
On the ground 73 / 112 65.2% 70.4% 32 / 45 71.1% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 664 41.9% 35.4% 168 / 467 36.0% 35.4%
To the body 99 / 145 68.3% 67.9% 61 / 80 76.2% 67.9%
To the legs 98 / 122 80.3% 80.2% 39 / 40 97.5% 80.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
426.7% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.30
1976.0% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2385.2% def · norm 62.5%
4:005.0% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
6:359.4% of cage time · norm 17.0%
12:122:16 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
16:133:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
40.85/15 · norm 0.58

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