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Michel Prazeres vs.
Mads Burnell

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

10-4-0 Michel Prazeres · UFC
1-2-0 Mads Burnell · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-4-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
45
AgeΔ 12.6 yrs
32.4
5'6"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
67"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.3
Layoff (months)Δ 37 mo
98.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWL
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.

Mads Burnell hunts takedowns — 3.45 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Michel Prazeres hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Mads Burnell owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Michel Prazeres

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

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Mads Burnell

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4072.38/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
501.28/min · norm 3.54
4302.51/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1062.71/min · norm 3.47
47.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.7%norm 45.0%
57.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 54.85%
20.18/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Michel Prazeres

Distance 83.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.2% (norm 8.0%)

Mads Burnell

Distance 75.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 20.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Michel Prazeres

Head 77.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 7.9%)

Mads Burnell

Head 84.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Prazeres L/AAccLightweight med Burnell L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 717 41.6% 37.9% 29 / 90 32.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 42 / 67 62.7% 67.3% 4 / 5 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 67 / 79 84.8% 69.1% 17 / 25 68.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 273 / 668 40.9% 35.0% 37 / 101 36.6% 37.2%
To the body 63 / 108 58.3% 69.1% 8 / 12 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 71 / 87 81.6% 81.9% 5 / 7 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Prazeres L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Burnell L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 290 / 821 35.3% 38.9% 53 / 148 35.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 81 / 105 77.1% 68.6% 26 / 35 74.3% 70.3%
On the ground 59 / 87 67.8% 68.0% 27 / 34 79.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 766 30.4% 35.1% 76 / 170 44.7% 35.9%
To the body 117 / 154 76.0% 68.1% 24 / 38 63.2% 67.9%
To the legs 80 / 93 86.0% 81.5% 6 / 9 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4536.0% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
947.4% acc · 3.45/15 · norm 1.19
1147.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
222.2% def · norm 61.5%
55:5732.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
17:1944.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
27:042:22 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:295:10 per 15 · norm 3:12
70.61/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.38/15 · norm 0.46

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

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