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Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira

UFC 9-9-1 vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-9-1
UFC record
6-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0.4 mo
1
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brunno Ferreira carries real power — 0.51 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Marvin Vettori outworks the Middleweight division — 4.76 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Marvin Vettori absorbs 4.57 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Marvin Vettori

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Brunno Ferreira

Full career not yet synced for Brunno Ferreira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15404.76/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2612.96/min · norm 3.23
14804.57/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3323.76/min · norm 3.20
45.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 47.4%
56.4%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
10.05/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.51/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marvin Vettori

Distance 92.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 10.0%)

Brunno Ferreira

Distance 94.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 10.0%)

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

Marvin Vettori

Head 88.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Brunno Ferreira

Head 80.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vettori L/AAccMiddleweight med Ferreira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1353 / 3122 43.3% 40.5% 241 / 548 44.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 85 / 129 65.9% 70.6% 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 102 / 141 72.3% 69.4% 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1206 / 2996 40.3% 38.8% 177 / 467 37.9% 38.8%
To the body 153 / 193 79.3% 71.6% 40 / 61 65.6% 71.6%
To the legs 181 / 203 89.2% 83.3% 44 / 54 81.5% 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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Vettori L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ferreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1351 / 3203 42.2% 39.5% 303 / 633 47.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 87 / 126 69.0% 70.4% 12 / 17 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 62 67.7% 69.0% 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 918 / 2657 34.6% 37.9% 213 / 528 40.3% 37.9%
To the body 261 / 366 71.3% 71.3% 51 / 66 77.3% 71.3%
To the legs 301 / 368 81.8% 82.1% 68 / 80 85.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2942.6% acc · 1.34/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.35
4167.2% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1350.0% def · norm 63.3%
57:1417.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
4:325.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
19:420:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
16:242:47 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.37/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.51/15 · norm 0.45

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