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Lucas Alexander vs.
Joanderson Brito

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 Lucas Alexander · UFC
7-3-0 Joanderson Brito · 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
7-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 0 yrs
31
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
18.1
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
2
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW
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.

Joanderson Brito is a submission threat — 1.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Joanderson Brito hunts takedowns — 3.09 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Lucas Alexander rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 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.

Lucas Alexander

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Joanderson Brito

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 83
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1314.69/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1882.15/min · norm 3.54
802.87/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2032.32/min · norm 3.47
57.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
49.0%norm 45.0%
56.5%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
43.1%norm 54.85%
10.54/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

Lucas Alexander

Distance 89.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 6.5%)

Joanderson Brito

Distance 75.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 13.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Lucas Alexander

Head 68.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 15.4% (norm 7.8%)

Joanderson Brito

Head 70.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 19.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Alexander L/AAccFeatherweight med Brito L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 119 / 205 58.0% 40.9% 121 / 291 41.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.8% 31 / 41 75.6% 70.8%
On the ground 8 / 18 too few to rate 69.2% 36 / 52 69.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 156 43.6% 37.2% 97 / 269 36.1% 37.2%
To the body 29 / 37 78.4% 68.2% 28 / 40 70.0% 68.2%
To the legs 34 / 35 97.1% 80.7% 63 / 75 84.0% 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 Alexander L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Brito L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 127 28.3% 39.2% 104 / 243 42.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 8 / 10 too few to rate 70.3% 63 / 75 84.0% 70.3%
On the ground 36 / 47 76.6% 69.4% 36 / 39 92.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 55 / 138 39.9% 35.9% 127 / 246 51.6% 35.9%
To the body 11 / 22 too few to rate 67.9% 52 / 83 62.7% 67.9%
To the legs 14 / 24 too few to rate 81.5% 24 / 28 85.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1866.7% acc · 3.09/15 · norm 1.19
960.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1557.7% def · norm 61.5%
3:0811.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
31:3736.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
6:193:23 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
35:056:01 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
81.37/15 · norm 0.46

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

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