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Marlon Vera vs.
Deiveson Figueiredo

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

15-11-0 Marlon Vera · UFC
14-7-1 Deiveson Figueiredo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-11-0
UFC record
14-7-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
33.7
AgeΔ 4.9 yrs
38.6
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'5"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
2.2
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Deiveson Figueiredo carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Deiveson Figueiredo is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 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.

Marlon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Deiveson Figueiredo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 147
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14804.18/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
7182.57/min · norm 3.49
18905.34/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
9613.43/min · norm 3.24
47.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
53.9%norm 44.6%
50.1%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 56.4%
130.55/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
120.64/15 · norm 0.18

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

Marlon Vera

Distance 86.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 6.5%)

Deiveson Figueiredo

Distance 82.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Marlon Vera

Head 69.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)

Deiveson Figueiredo

Head 71.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vera L/AAccBantamweight med Figueiredo L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1183 / 2694 43.9% 39.0% 544 / 1092 49.8% 40.0%
In the clinch 146 / 189 77.2% 68.7% 52 / 75 69.3% 70.4%
On the ground 151 / 227 66.5% 70.2% 122 / 165 73.9% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 801 / 2146 37.3% 34.9% 431 / 953 45.2% 37.6%
To the body 319 / 520 61.3% 66.8% 202 / 271 74.5% 68.5%
To the legs 360 / 444 81.1% 79.4% 85 / 108 78.7% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Figueiredo L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1605 / 3379 47.5% 39.3% 783 / 1633 47.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 116 / 171 67.8% 70.4% 82 / 121 67.8% 68.8%
On the ground 169 / 238 71.0% 72.4% 96 / 154 62.3% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1163 / 2842 40.9% 34.9% 622 / 1464 42.5% 35.2%
To the body 426 / 586 72.7% 66.0% 151 / 217 69.6% 68.2%
To the legs 301 / 360 83.6% 79.1% 188 / 227 82.8% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1139.3% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
3034.9% acc · 1.61/15 · norm 1.30
6671.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4057.1% def · norm 62.5%
30:398.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
43:4815.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
65:262:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
47:482:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
180.76/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
221.18/15 · norm 0.58

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

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