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Michael Morales vs. Neil Magny

UFC 7-0-0 vs. 25-13-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-0-0
UFC record
25-13-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
27
AgeΔ 12 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 1"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
11.1
Layoff (months)Δ 8.9 mo
2.2
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
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.
Neil Magny hunts takedowns — 2.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Neil Magny

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2413
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 18-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3566.25/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
15303.39/min · norm 3.17
1833.21/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10872.41/min · norm 3.08
49.9%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
47.1%norm 44.75%
57.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.7%norm 55.25%
71.84/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.07/15 · norm 0.38

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

Michael Morales

Distance 84.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.1%)

Neil Magny

Distance 74.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 14.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Michael Morales

Head 86.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 4.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.4% (norm 8.0%)

Neil Magny

Head 81.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

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 Magny L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 603 45.4% 38.5% 892 / 2425 36.8% 38.5%
In the clinch 22 / 37 59.5% 67.8% 272 / 357 76.2% 67.8%
On the ground 60 / 73 82.2% 67.0% 366 / 468 78.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 286 / 618 46.3% 36.4% 1087 / 2663 40.8% 36.4%
To the body 24 / 35 68.6% 70.7% 283 / 375 75.5% 70.7%
To the legs 46 / 60 76.7% 83.0% 160 / 212 75.5% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Magny L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 171 / 407 42.0% 39.1% 783 / 1783 43.9% 39.1%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 68.9% 98 / 171 57.3% 68.9%
On the ground 1 / 5 too few to rate 68.0% 206 / 295 69.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 106 / 321 33.0% 35.6% 628 / 1677 37.4% 35.6%
To the body 44 / 60 73.3% 69.6% 165 / 242 68.2% 69.6%
To the legs 33 / 49 67.3% 82.2% 294 / 330 89.1% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
6439.5% acc · 2.13/15 · norm 1.31
2388.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6455.7% def · norm 63.9%
3:195.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
95:3721.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
7:512:03 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
148:174:55 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
90.30/15 · norm 0.44

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