Leonardo Mafra vs. Thiago Perpetuo

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
132.7
Layoff (months)Δ 15.8 mo
148.5
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Thiago Perpetuo carries real power — 1.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Thiago Perpetuo hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 54% of their head shots on Leonardo Mafra, vs a 35% Lightweight norm — a hole in the guard.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Leonardo Mafra

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Thiago Perpetuo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.51 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1614.55/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
865.39/min · norm 3.25
1554.38/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
563.51/min · norm 3.20
48.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
69.9%norm 47.4%
43.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
21.88/15 · norm 0.32

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

Leonardo Mafra

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.0%)

Thiago Perpetuo

Distance 54.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.1% (norm 10.3%)

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

Leonardo Mafra

Head 74.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 7.9%)

Thiago Perpetuo

Head 69.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mafra L/AAccLightweight med Perpetuo L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 286 45.1% 37.9% 41 / 67 61.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 14 / 21 too few to rate 67.3% 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 18 / 25 72.0% 69.1% 34 / 42 81.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 97 / 246 39.4% 35.0% 58 / 85 68.2% 38.9%
To the body 24 / 39 61.5% 69.1% 23 / 31 74.2% 71.7%
To the legs 40 / 47 85.1% 81.9% 5 / 7 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Mafra L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Perpetuo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 102 / 203 50.2% 38.9% 39 / 89 43.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 7 / 12 too few to rate 68.6% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 46 / 60 76.7% 68.0% 8 / 14 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 213 54.0% 35.1% 35 / 88 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 32 / 51 62.7% 68.1% 7 / 10 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 8 / 11 too few to rate 81.5% 14 / 17 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
583.3% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
350.0% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.42
969.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 63.1%
6:5119.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:1238.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
11:414:57 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:102:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.42/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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