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Patricio Pitbull vs.
Aaron Pico

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

0-1-0 Patricio Pitbull · UFC
1-1-0 Aaron Pico · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
Age
29.9
Height
5'8"
Reach
70"
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.8
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WL
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.

Aaron Pico hunts takedowns — 6.54 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Patricio Pitbull rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Patricio Pitbull absorbs 6.67 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Patricio Pitbull

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 259
Tier 3 — regional circuit 120

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.61 · 25 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 46 documented bouts

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

Aaron Pico

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 145

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

493.27/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1136.16/min · norm 3.54
1006.67/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
573.11/min · norm 3.47
55.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.8%norm 45.0%
44.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
45.2%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Patricio Pitbull

Distance 86.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Aaron Pico

Distance 89.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Patricio Pitbull

Head 68.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.8%)

Aaron Pico

Head 85.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pitbull L/AAccFeatherweight med Pico L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 37 / 76 48.7% 40.9% 97 / 187 51.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 12 / 12 too few to rate 70.8% 9 / 14 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 7 / 9 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 28 / 60 46.7% 37.2% 86 / 179 48.0% 37.2%
To the body 14 / 19 too few to rate 68.2% 16 / 20 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 7 / 9 too few to rate 80.7% 11 / 11 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 (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 Pitbull L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pico L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 90 / 166 54.2% 39.2% 43 / 90 47.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.3% 13 / 13 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 156 50.6% 35.9% 32 / 69 46.4% 35.9%
To the body 11 / 15 too few to rate 67.9% 18 / 25 72.0% 67.9%
To the legs 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 7 / 10 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.

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
850.0% acc · 6.54/15 · norm 1.19
753.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 61.5%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:2629.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
3:253:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · 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 — Pico has more cage time on record.

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