Marcio Barbosa vs. Ryan Kuse
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Marcio Barbosa
Full career not yet synced for Marcio Barbosa — 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 -1.0 wins over .500
Ryan Kuse
Full career not yet synced for Ryan Kuse — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marcio Barbosa
Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
Ryan Kuse
Distance 100.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marcio Barbosa
Head 90.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.8%)
Ryan Kuse
Head 81.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Barbosa L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Kuse L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 14 / 31 | 45.2% | 40.9% | 5 / 21 | too few to rate | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 12 / 30 | 40.0% | 37.2% | 4 / 17 | too few to rate | 37.2% |
| To the body | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 0 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 80.7% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 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 Barbosa L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Kuse L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 10 / 34 | 29.4% | 39.2% | 10 / 23 | too few to rate | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 4 / 23 | too few to rate | 35.9% | 8 / 22 | too few to rate | 35.9% |
| To the body | 2 / 7 | too few to rate | 67.9% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Barbosa has more cage time on record.