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Mauricio Ruffy vs.
King Green

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

5-1-0 Mauricio Ruffy · UFC
17-12-1 (1 NC) King Green · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-1-0
UFC record
17-12-1 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30.1
AgeΔ 9.8 yrs
39.9
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0.8 mo
0.9
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWL
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.

Mauricio Ruffy carries real power — 2.06 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mauricio Ruffy rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
King Green outworks the Lightweight division — 6.59 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 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.

Mauricio Ruffy

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.58 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

King Green

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1712
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1754.00/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
21246.59/min · norm 3.42
1643.75/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
11923.70/min · norm 3.37
57.0%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
53.6%norm 43.5%
59.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.3%
62.06/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
70.33/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mauricio Ruffy

Distance 87.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 8.0%)

King Green

Distance 87.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mauricio Ruffy

Head 86.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 7.9%)

King Green

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ruffy L/AAccLightweight med Green L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 147 / 267 55.1% 37.9% 1723 / 3459 49.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 67.3% 179 / 209 85.6% 67.3%
On the ground 23 / 34 67.6% 69.1% 222 / 293 75.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 143 / 266 53.8% 35.0% 1241 / 2792 44.4% 35.0%
To the body 12 / 18 too few to rate 69.1% 530 / 729 72.7% 69.1%
To the legs 20 / 23 too few to rate 81.9% 353 / 440 80.2% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Ruffy L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Green L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 139 / 370 37.6% 38.9% 1029 / 2854 36.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 20 / 26 76.9% 68.6% 73 / 125 58.4% 68.6%
On the ground 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 90 / 132 68.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 57 / 242 23.6% 35.1% 716 / 2346 30.5% 35.1%
To the body 67 / 105 63.8% 68.1% 238 / 426 55.9% 68.1%
To the legs 40 / 58 69.0% 81.5% 238 / 339 70.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2745.8% acc · 1.26/15 · norm 1.38
1785.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5269.3% def · norm 64.0%
1:554.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
46:1114.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
5:582:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
29:071:21 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
60.28/15 · norm 0.49

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

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