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Marvin Vettori vs.
Vitor Miranda

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

9-8-1 Marvin Vettori · UFC
3-4-0 Vitor Miranda · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-8-1
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32
AgeΔ 15 yrs
47
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
8
Layoff (months)Δ 88.5 mo
96.5
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Marvin Vettori outworks the Middleweight division — 4.74 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Marvin Vettori absorbs 4.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Vitor Miranda is wasteful with body shots — only 43% land, vs a 72% Middleweight 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.

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: 8-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Vitor Miranda

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

14644.74/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2352.98/min · norm 3.25
14064.55/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2322.95/min · norm 3.20
45.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 47.4%
56.1%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 53.8%
10.05/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marvin Vettori

Distance 91.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 10.3%)

Vitor Miranda

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Marvin Vettori

Head 88.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Vitor Miranda

Head 64.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.5% (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 Miranda L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1277 / 2921 43.7% 40.5% 135 / 394 34.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 85 / 129 65.9% 70.3% 39 / 41 95.1% 70.3%
On the ground 102 / 141 72.3% 69.1% 61 / 77 79.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1144 / 2814 40.7% 38.9% 132 / 330 40.0% 38.9%
To the body 146 / 184 79.3% 71.7% 35 / 82 42.7% 71.7%
To the legs 174 / 193 90.2% 83.3% 68 / 100 68.0% 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: 174 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 Vettori L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Miranda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1279 / 3016 42.4% 39.5% 178 / 484 36.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 85 / 123 69.1% 70.9% 22 / 31 71.0% 70.9%
On the ground 42 / 62 67.7% 69.0% 32 / 50 64.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 881 / 2516 35.0% 37.9% 156 / 470 33.2% 37.9%
To the body 252 / 350 72.0% 71.3% 33 / 47 70.2% 71.3%
To the legs 273 / 335 81.5% 82.1% 43 / 48 89.6% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2943.9% acc · 1.41/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
555.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.42
3768.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1450.0% def · norm 63.1%
57:0118.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
10:5113.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
18:320:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
31:085:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.39/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.19/15 · norm 0.47

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

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