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Pedro Falcao vs.
Victor Hugo

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

0-2-0 Pedro Falcao · UFC
1-1-0 Victor Hugo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
1-1-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
33.7
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
66"
ReachΔ 5"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
16
Layoff (months)Δ 5.3 mo
21.3
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LW
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.

Pedro Falcao hunts takedowns — 2.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Pedro Falcao owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Victor Hugo carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight 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.

Pedro Falcao

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Victor Hugo

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

993.30/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1133.77/min · norm 3.54
1414.70/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1023.40/min · norm 3.47
44.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 45.0%
48.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
56.0%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.50/15 · norm 0.29

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

Pedro Falcao

Distance 94.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Victor Hugo

Distance 94.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Pedro Falcao

Head 78.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 8.4%)

Victor Hugo

Head 63.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Falcao L/AAccBantamweight med Hugo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 91 / 210 43.3% 39.0% 100 / 234 42.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 8 / 13 too few to rate 68.7% 13 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 61 / 174 35.1% 34.9% 54 / 159 34.0% 37.2%
To the body 17 / 25 68.0% 66.8% 35 / 58 60.3% 68.2%
To the legs 21 / 24 too few to rate 79.4% 24 / 32 75.0% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Falcao L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Hugo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 239 47.7% 39.3% 90 / 212 42.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 20 / 26 76.9% 70.4% 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 72.4% 4 / 7 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 75 / 192 39.1% 34.9% 66 / 181 36.5% 35.9%
To the body 42 / 57 73.7% 66.0% 14 / 25 56.0% 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 26 92.3% 79.1% 22 / 26 84.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

519.2% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
133.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1575.0% def · norm 61.5%
10:0833.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
1:073.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
4:592:29 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
11:475:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.50/15 · norm 0.46

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

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