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Mickael Lebout vs. Sergio Moraes

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 8-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
8-5-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
44
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
131.9
Layoff (months)Δ 48.8 mo
83.1
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mickael Lebout rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Sergio Moraes is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 48% land, vs a 68% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mickael Lebout

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 209

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.3 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Sergio Moraes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1172.60/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
4232.42/min · norm 3.17
1342.98/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6523.73/min · norm 3.08
34.9%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
42.6%norm 44.75%
54.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.09/15 · norm 0.38

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

Mickael Lebout

Distance 94.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.1% (norm 8.0%)

Sergio Moraes

Distance 93.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Mickael Lebout

Head 83.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Sergio Moraes

Head 85.4% (norm 78.3%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lebout L/AAccLightweight med Moraes L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 105 / 315 33.3% 38.3% 385 / 932 41.3% 38.5%
In the clinch 0 / 3 too few to rate 67.5% 12 / 25 48.0% 67.8%
On the ground 12 / 17 too few to rate 68.8% 26 / 36 72.2% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 280 27.5% 35.1% 324 / 848 38.2% 36.4%
To the body 16 / 26 61.5% 69.1% 73 / 114 64.0% 70.7%
To the legs 24 / 29 82.8% 81.8% 26 / 31 83.9% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Lebout L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Moraes L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 277 44.8% 38.8% 609 / 1563 39.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.6% 17 / 22 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 9 / 14 too few to rate 68.0% 26 / 44 59.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 239 39.3% 35.2% 413 / 1291 32.0% 35.6%
To the body 21 / 28 75.0% 68.2% 108 / 176 61.4% 69.6%
To the legs 19 / 26 73.1% 81.5% 131 / 162 80.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1438.9% acc · 1.20/15 · norm 1.31
960.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 63.9%
7:4417.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
29:5317.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
8:012:40 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
10:360:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
50.43/15 · norm 0.44

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