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Melquizael Costa vs. Morgan Charriere

UFC 7-3-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-3-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
30
AgeΔ 0 yrs
30
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
1.5
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Morgan Charriere carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Melquizael Costa is a submission threat — 0.84 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Morgan Charriere absorbs 5.18 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Melquizael Costa

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 73
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 184

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.98 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Morgan Charriere

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4624.29/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2413.65/min · norm 3.52
3433.19/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3425.18/min · norm 3.50
47.0%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 44.7%
50.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 54.8%
20.28/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.68/15 · norm 0.29

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

Melquizael Costa

Distance 87.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 6.5%)

Morgan Charriere

Distance 93.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Melquizael Costa

Head 64.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 21.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 7.9%)

Morgan Charriere

Head 77.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Costa L/AAccFeatherweight med Charriere L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 382 / 864 44.2% 40.5% 219 / 521 42.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 42 / 65 64.6% 70.5% 12 / 18 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 38 / 54 70.4% 69.3% 10 / 17 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 636 34.0% 37.1% 147 / 431 34.1% 37.1%
To the body 138 / 215 64.2% 68.0% 60 / 80 75.0% 68.0%
To the legs 108 / 132 81.8% 80.3% 34 / 45 75.6% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Costa L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Charriere L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 549 43.2% 39.3% 304 / 663 45.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 45 / 66 68.2% 70.3% 22 / 33 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 61 / 76 80.3% 69.4% 16 / 21 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 560 41.6% 35.9% 233 / 546 42.7% 35.9%
To the body 73 / 90 81.1% 68.0% 45 / 77 58.4% 68.0%
To the legs 37 / 41 90.2% 81.5% 64 / 94 68.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1135.5% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
738.9% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.17
2750.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1071.4% def · norm 61.5%
18:0216.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
10:5516.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
34:284:48 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
6:221:26 per 15 · norm 3:11
60.84/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.45/15 · norm 0.45

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