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Michael Morales vs.
Adam Fugitt

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

7-0-0 Michael Morales · UFC
2-4-0 Adam Fugitt · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-0-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
27.1
AgeΔ 10.5 yrs
37.6
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
79"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
8.7
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
6.4
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Michael Morales carries real power — 1.84 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Michael Morales outworks the Welterweight division — 6.25 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Adam Fugitt absorbs 5.33 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight 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.

Michael Morales

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 80
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.97 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.9 wins over .500

Adam Fugitt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3566.25/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2244.88/min · norm 3.17
1833.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2455.33/min · norm 3.06
49.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
46.8%norm 44.9%
57.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 55.25%
71.84/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Michael Morales

Distance 84.6% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.1%)

Adam Fugitt

Distance 92.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Michael Morales

Head 86.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.4%)

Adam Fugitt

Head 63.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Morales L/AAccWelterweight med Fugitt L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 603 45.4% 38.6% 201 / 443 45.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 22 / 37 59.5% 67.8% 17 / 25 68.0% 67.8%
On the ground 60 / 73 82.2% 67.2% 6 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 286 / 618 46.3% 37.2% 94 / 303 31.0% 37.2%
To the body 24 / 35 68.6% 70.7% 93 / 131 71.0% 70.7%
To the legs 46 / 60 76.7% 82.9% 37 / 45 82.2% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Morales L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Fugitt L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 171 / 407 42.0% 39.0% 217 / 468 46.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 68.9% 17 / 24 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 1 / 5 too few to rate 68.0% 11 / 12 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 321 33.0% 35.6% 186 / 434 42.9% 35.6%
To the body 44 / 60 73.3% 69.6% 36 / 43 83.7% 69.6%
To the legs 33 / 49 67.3% 82.1% 23 / 27 85.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

125.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.27
2388.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 63.9%
3:195.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
5:5012.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:512:03 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
1:440:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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