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Michael Trizano vs.
Lucas Almeida

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

4-3-0 Michael Trizano · UFC
2-4-0 Lucas Almeida · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.6
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
35.5
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
44.8
Layoff (months)Δ 35 mo
9.8
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Lucas Almeida carries real power — 0.85 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Lucas Almeida rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Michael Trizano carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight 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.

Michael Trizano

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Lucas Almeida

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3023.63/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2404.53/min · norm 3.54
3664.40/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2494.70/min · norm 3.47
53.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
37.6%norm 45.0%
50.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 54.85%
30.54/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.85/15 · norm 0.29

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

Michael Trizano

Distance 87.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.5%)

Lucas Almeida

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Michael Trizano

Head 68.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.8%)

Lucas Almeida

Head 74.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trizano L/AAccFeatherweight med Almeida L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 248 / 496 50.0% 40.9% 212 / 599 35.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 33 / 41 80.5% 70.8% 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 21 / 27 77.8% 69.2% 24 / 34 70.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 384 41.4% 37.2% 128 / 478 26.8% 37.2%
To the body 74 / 108 68.5% 68.2% 45 / 76 59.2% 68.2%
To the legs 69 / 72 95.8% 80.7% 67 / 84 79.8% 80.7%

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: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Trizano L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Almeida L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 308 / 660 46.7% 39.2% 183 / 348 52.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 44 79.5% 70.3% 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 23 / 37 62.2% 69.4% 62 / 85 72.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 158 / 477 33.1% 35.9% 168 / 342 49.1% 35.9%
To the body 118 / 162 72.8% 67.9% 44 / 57 77.2% 67.9%
To the legs 90 / 102 88.2% 81.5% 37 / 41 90.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
2472.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
654.5% def · norm 61.5%
10:5813.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
3:176.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
22:063:59 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
11:473:20 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.54/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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