Miguel Torres vs.
Demetrious Johnson
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Miguel Torres
Full career not yet synced for Miguel Torres — 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 +1.0 wins over .500
Demetrious Johnson
Full career not yet synced for Demetrious Johnson — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 12-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Miguel Torres
Distance 89.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 6.5%)
Demetrious Johnson
Distance 70.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 21.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 7.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Miguel Torres
Head 80.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)
Demetrious Johnson
Head 60.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 21.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 17.2% (norm 9.3%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Torres L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Johnson L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 122 / 320 | 38.1% | 39.0% | 665 / 1509 | 44.1% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 32 / 36 | 88.9% | 68.7% | 359 / 468 | 76.7% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 149 / 177 | 84.2% | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 93 / 288 | 32.3% | 34.9% | 533 / 1311 | 40.7% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 33 / 37 | 89.2% | 66.8% | 369 / 472 | 78.2% | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 29 / 33 | 87.9% | 79.4% | 271 / 371 | 73.0% | 80.0% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Torres L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Johnson L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 48 / 252 | 19.0% | 39.3% | 350 / 1431 | 24.5% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 19 / 29 | 65.5% | 70.4% | 200 / 292 | 68.5% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 32 / 49 | 65.3% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 31 / 224 | 13.8% | 34.9% | 249 / 1270 | 19.6% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 23 / 40 | 57.5% | 66.0% | 223 / 333 | 67.0% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 16 / 22 | too few to rate | 79.1% | 110 / 169 | 65.1% | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Johnson has more cage time on record.