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Pedro Munhoz vs. Jose Aldo

UFC 10-10-0 (2 NC) vs. 14-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-10-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
14-9-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 0 yrs
40
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
65"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
23.6
Layoff (months)Δ 6.3 mo
17.3
LLLWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Pedro Munhoz absorbs 6.29 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Pedro Munhoz is a submission threat — 0.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Aldo rarely shoots — 0.51 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Pedro Munhoz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1010
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Jose Aldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 149
Tier 3 — regional circuit 181

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 42 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13585.38/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
13543.57/min · norm 3.52
15876.29/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
16004.21/min · norm 3.50
41.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 44.7%
56.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
58.4%norm 54.8%
70.42/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
70.28/15 · norm 0.29

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

Pedro Munhoz

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.4%)

Jose Aldo

Distance 93.6% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Pedro Munhoz

Head 70.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.5% (norm 8.4%)

Jose Aldo

Head 79.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Munhoz L/AAccBantamweight med Aldo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1252 / 3065 40.8% 39.2% 1220 / 2802 43.5% 40.5%
In the clinch 57 / 99 57.6% 69.0% 56 / 69 81.2% 70.5%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 70.2% 78 / 121 64.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 723 / 2284 31.7% 35.3% 913 / 2389 38.2% 37.1%
To the body 224 / 419 53.5% 66.9% 280 / 416 67.3% 68.0%
To the legs 411 / 536 76.7% 79.2% 161 / 187 86.1% 80.3%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Munhoz L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Aldo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1543 / 3519 43.8% 39.4% 1242 / 3376 36.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 27 / 60 45.0% 70.6% 153 / 189 81.0% 70.3%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 72.1% 205 / 277 74.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1142 / 2924 39.1% 34.9% 991 / 2993 33.1% 35.9%
To the body 248 / 435 57.0% 66.1% 289 / 433 66.7% 68.0%
To the legs 197 / 245 80.4% 78.8% 320 / 416 76.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
816.0% acc · 0.48/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1350.0% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.17
4782.5% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
9891.6% def · norm 61.5%
13:205.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
44:0611.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
5:160:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
52:302:04 per 15 · norm 3:11
80.48/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.16/15 · norm 0.45

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