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Lerone Murphy vs.
Ricardo Ramos

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

9-1-1 Lerone Murphy · UFC
8-7-0 Ricardo Ramos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-1-1
UFC record
8-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.5
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
9.8
LWWWW
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.

Ricardo Ramos is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Ricardo Ramos hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Lerone Murphy's takedown defense leaks — 44% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight 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.

Lerone Murphy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 91
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.69 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Ricardo Ramos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7074.34/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
4002.91/min · norm 3.54
4322.65/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5463.97/min · norm 3.47
51.1%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
36.4%norm 45.0%
60.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 54.85%
30.28/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Lerone Murphy

Distance 87.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.4% (norm 6.5%)

Ricardo Ramos

Distance 92.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Lerone Murphy

Head 75.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 7.8%)

Ricardo Ramos

Head 76.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Murphy L/AAccFeatherweight med Ramos L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 577 / 1213 47.6% 40.9% 342 / 1019 33.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 69 / 83 83.1% 70.8% 33 / 42 78.6% 70.8%
On the ground 61 / 88 69.3% 69.2% 25 / 37 67.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 449 / 1041 43.1% 37.2% 248 / 838 29.6% 37.2%
To the body 152 / 216 70.4% 68.2% 84 / 141 59.6% 68.2%
To the legs 106 / 127 83.5% 80.7% 68 / 119 57.1% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Murphy L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ramos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 361 / 973 37.1% 39.2% 468 / 1096 42.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 45 / 74 60.8% 70.3% 36 / 49 73.5% 70.3%
On the ground 26 / 44 59.1% 69.4% 42 / 63 66.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 832 29.6% 35.9% 332 / 920 36.1% 35.9%
To the body 108 / 152 71.1% 67.9% 92 / 135 68.1% 67.9%
To the legs 78 / 107 72.9% 81.5% 122 / 153 79.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1354.2% acc · 1.20/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2357.5% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.19
2644.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1967.9% def · norm 61.5%
21:1313.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:3414.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
36:013:19 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
16:331:48 per 15 · norm 3:12
50.46/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
90.98/15 · norm 0.46

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

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