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Paul Jones vs.
Flavio Luiz Moura

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

1-1-0 Paul Jones · UFC
0-1-0 Flavio Luiz Moura · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-1-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
63.1
Age
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Open Stance
322.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.3 mo
324.7
LW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Flavio Luiz Moura carries real power — 3.46 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Paul Jones is a submission threat — 3.65 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Paul Jones owns the mat — in control 56% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Paul Jones

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Flavio Luiz Moura

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

263.16/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
10.23/min · norm 3.25
141.70/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
214.85/min · norm 3.20
61.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 47.4%
53.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
40.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
13.46/15 · norm 0.32

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

Paul Jones

Distance 14.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 78.6% (norm 10.3%)

Flavio Luiz Moura

Distance 50.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 50.0% (norm 10.3%)

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

Paul Jones

Head 85.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 8.4%)

Flavio Luiz Moura

Head 100.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jones L/AAccMiddleweight med Moura L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 6 too few to rate 40.5% 1 / 1 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 21 / 33 63.6% 69.1% 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 20 / 36 55.6% 38.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 3 / 3 too few to rate 71.7% 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Jones L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Moura L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 4 / 13 too few to rate 39.5% 0 / 2 too few to rate 39.5%
In the clinch 6 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.0% 21 / 33 63.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 14 / 30 46.7% 37.9% 20 / 34 58.8% 37.9%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3% 1 / 1 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
0— def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.1%
4:3856.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:145.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
2:164:08 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:5813:43 per 15 · norm 3:00
23.65/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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