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Manel Kape vs.
Ode Osbourne

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

8-3-0 Manel Kape · UFC
5-8-0 Ode Osbourne · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-3-0
UFC record
5-8-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'5"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
68"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 4 mo
5.5
WWWWL
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.

Manel Kape carries real power — 0.97 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Ode Osbourne carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Manel Kape rarely shoots — 0.36 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight 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.

Manel Kape

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 146
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.51 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Ode Osbourne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5804.68/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
3072.88/min · norm 3.49
4813.88/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
3453.24/min · norm 3.24
55.1%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
40.4%norm 44.6%
57.0%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 56.4%
80.97/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
40.56/15 · norm 0.18

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

Manel Kape

Distance 90.7% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 7.3%)

Ode Osbourne

Distance 91.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 7.3%)

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

Manel Kape

Head 77.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 13.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 9.3%)

Ode Osbourne

Head 80.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.1% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kape L/AAccFlyweight med Osbourne L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 515 / 955 53.9% 40.0% 255 / 694 36.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 23 / 34 67.6% 70.4% 12 / 16 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 64 65.6% 69.7% 40 / 50 80.0% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 387 / 815 47.5% 37.6% 199 / 609 32.7% 37.6%
To the body 108 / 142 76.1% 68.5% 63 / 92 68.5% 68.5%
To the legs 85 / 96 88.5% 80.0% 45 / 59 76.3% 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 Kape L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Osbourne L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 453 / 1074 42.2% 40.1% 217 / 490 44.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 14 / 22 too few to rate 68.8% 42 / 61 68.9% 68.8%
On the ground 14 / 23 too few to rate 71.1% 86 / 129 66.7% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 235 / 739 31.8% 35.2% 193 / 472 40.9% 35.2%
To the body 150 / 236 63.6% 68.2% 87 / 127 68.5% 68.2%
To the legs 96 / 144 66.7% 80.3% 65 / 81 80.2% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

330.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
626.1% acc · 0.84/15 · norm 1.30
3378.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
2965.9% def · norm 62.5%
3:382.9% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
7:146.8% of cage time · norm 17.0%
11:561:26 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
37:155:14 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.24/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
20.28/15 · norm 0.58

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

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