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Matt Hobar vs.
Pedro Munhoz

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

1-2-0 Matt Hobar · UFC
10-10-0 (2 NC) Pedro Munhoz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
10-10-0 (2 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39.6
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
39.9
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 5"
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
140
Layoff (months)Δ 118.9 mo
21.1
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWNC
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.

Matt Hobar hunts takedowns — 3.66 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Matt Hobar owns the mat — in control 53% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Pedro Munhoz absorbs 6.29 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
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.

Matt Hobar

Full career not yet synced for Matt Hobar — 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 -0.3 wins over .500

Pedro Munhoz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1010
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1063.23/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
13585.38/min · norm 3.52
1404.27/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
15876.29/min · norm 3.58
42.2%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
41.9%norm 43.4%
52.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 56.6%
10.46/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
70.42/15 · norm 0.30

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

Matt Hobar

Distance 57.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 29.1% (norm 6.5%)

Pedro Munhoz

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Matt Hobar

Head 81.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Pedro Munhoz

Head 70.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Hobar L/AAccBantamweight med Munhoz L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 37 / 144 25.7% 39.0% 1252 / 3065 40.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 27 / 34 79.4% 68.7% 57 / 99 57.6% 68.7%
On the ground 42 / 73 57.5% 70.2% 49 / 75 65.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 205 36.6% 34.9% 723 / 2284 31.7% 34.9%
To the body 20 / 32 62.5% 66.8% 224 / 419 53.5% 66.8%
To the legs 11 / 14 too few to rate 79.4% 411 / 536 76.7% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Hobar L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Munhoz L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 226 37.2% 39.3% 1543 / 3519 43.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 30 / 36 83.3% 70.4% 27 / 60 45.0% 70.4%
On the ground 26 / 35 74.3% 72.4% 17 / 25 68.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 115 / 264 43.6% 34.9% 1142 / 2924 39.1% 34.9%
To the body 19 / 27 70.4% 66.0% 248 / 435 57.0% 66.0%
To the legs 6 / 6 too few to rate 79.1% 197 / 245 80.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

844.4% acc · 3.66/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
816.0% acc · 0.48/15 · norm 1.12
250.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4782.5% def · norm 66.7%
17:3153.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
13:205.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
2:060:57 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
5:160:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
80.48/15 · norm 0.28

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

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