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Omar Morales vs.
Dong Hyun Ma

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

3-4-0 Omar Morales · UFC
3-5-0 Dong Hyun Ma · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
3-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40.8
AgeΔ 2.9 yrs
37.9
5'11"
HeightΔ 0"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
40.6
Layoff (months)Δ 38.9 mo
79.5
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Omar Morales rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Dong Hyun Ma's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.
Omar Morales defends head shots well — opponents land just 24%, vs a 35% Lightweight 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.

Omar Morales

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Dong Hyun Ma

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2903.17/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2352.84/min · norm 3.42
2883.14/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3394.10/min · norm 3.37
37.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
41.4%norm 43.5%
58.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 56.3%
10.16/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.25

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

Omar Morales

Distance 92.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.3% (norm 8.0%)

Dong Hyun Ma

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Omar Morales

Head 83.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Dong Hyun Ma

Head 81.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Morales L/AAccLightweight med Ma L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 255 / 710 35.9% 37.9% 185 / 488 37.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 21 / 31 67.7% 67.3% 32 / 52 61.5% 67.3%
On the ground 14 / 25 56.0% 69.1% 18 / 27 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 188 / 637 29.5% 35.0% 162 / 461 35.1% 35.0%
To the body 56 / 79 70.9% 69.1% 32 / 57 56.1% 69.1%
To the legs 46 / 50 92.0% 81.9% 41 / 49 83.7% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 accLightweight med vs Ma L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 258 / 657 39.3% 38.9% 237 / 589 40.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 12 / 16 too few to rate 68.6% 45 / 67 67.2% 68.6%
On the ground 18 / 28 64.3% 68.0% 57 / 92 62.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 114 / 468 24.4% 35.1% 241 / 606 39.8% 35.1%
To the body 99 / 128 77.3% 68.1% 63 / 89 70.8% 68.1%
To the legs 75 / 105 71.4% 81.5% 35 / 53 66.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3100.0% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
753.8% acc · 1.27/15 · norm 1.38
2062.5% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 64.0%
8:579.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
13:2016.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
16:012:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
22:184:02 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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