Martin Bravo vs. Claudio Puelles

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 5-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
30
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
82.5
Layoff (months)Δ 71.7 mo
10.8
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Claudio Puelles hunts takedowns — 3.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Claudio Puelles owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Martin Bravo hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Martin Bravo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Claudio Puelles

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2217.66/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1611.54/min · norm 3.42
1655.72/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2752.62/min · norm 3.37
39.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.7%norm 43.5%
51.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
48.1%norm 56.3%
10.52/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Martin Bravo

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

Claudio Puelles

Distance 70.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 24.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Martin Bravo

Head 82.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)

Claudio Puelles

Head 75.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bravo L/AAccFeatherweight med Puelles L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 204 / 525 38.9% 40.9% 90 / 244 36.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 10 / 21 too few to rate 70.8% 10 / 18 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 7 / 13 too few to rate 69.2% 61 / 83 73.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 459 35.1% 37.2% 100 / 259 38.6% 35.0%
To the body 45 / 72 62.5% 68.2% 52 / 73 71.2% 69.1%
To the legs 15 / 28 53.6% 80.7% 9 / 13 too few to rate 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Bravo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Puelles L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 154 / 314 49.0% 39.2% 175 / 388 45.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 23 / 35 65.7% 68.6%
On the ground 4 / 10 too few to rate 69.4% 77 / 107 72.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 110 / 272 40.4% 35.9% 151 / 370 40.8% 35.1%
To the body 45 / 57 78.9% 67.9% 77 / 104 74.0% 68.1%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 47 / 56 83.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
535.7% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2333.8% acc · 3.29/15 · norm 1.38
685.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
660.0% def · norm 64.0%
4:2015.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
46:4544.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
1:210:42 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
17:282:29 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
71.00/15 · norm 0.49

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