Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs.
Richardson Moreira
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500
Richardson Moreira
Full career not yet synced for Richardson Moreira — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Distance 73.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)
Richardson Moreira
Distance 77.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)
Richardson Moreira
Head 85.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Lima L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Moreira L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 250 / 461 | 54.2% | 40.1% | 12 / 49 | 24.5% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 37 / 49 | 75.5% | 70.6% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 88 / 119 | 73.9% | 70.2% | 0 / 6 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 219 / 435 | 50.3% | 38.9% | 13 / 54 | 24.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 65 / 87 | 74.7% | 76.8% | 3 / 7 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 91 / 107 | 85.0% | 87.8% | 2 / 2 | 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 (Heavyweight: 93 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 Lima L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Moreira L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 192 / 443 | 43.3% | 40.7% | 20 / 72 | 27.8% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 28 / 34 | 82.4% | 70.6% | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 32 / 53 | 60.4% | 72.0% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 186 / 442 | 42.1% | 38.8% | 15 / 66 | 22.7% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 45 / 62 | 72.6% | 75.1% | 9 / 15 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 21 / 26 | 80.8% | 84.4% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lima has more cage time on record.