Punahele Soriano vs. Miguel Baeza
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Punahele Soriano
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.53 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Miguel Baeza
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Punahele Soriano
Distance 64.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 29.5% (norm 10.0%)
Miguel Baeza
Distance 94.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Punahele Soriano
Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)
Miguel Baeza
Head 65.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.6% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Soriano L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Baeza L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 231 / 617 | 37.4% | 40.5% | 254 / 550 | 46.2% | 38.5% |
| In the clinch | 46 / 59 | 78.0% | 70.6% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 228 / 283 | 80.6% | 69.4% | 18 / 24 | too few to rate | 67.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 400 / 816 | 49.0% | 38.8% | 117 / 382 | 30.6% | 36.4% |
| To the body | 94 / 128 | 73.4% | 71.6% | 63 / 92 | 68.5% | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 11 / 15 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 98 / 108 | 90.7% | 83.0% |
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: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Soriano L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Baeza L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 376 / 743 | 50.6% | 39.5% | 229 / 581 | 39.4% | 39.1% |
| In the clinch | 57 / 75 | 76.0% | 70.4% | 24 / 32 | 75.0% | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 16 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 149 / 180 | 82.8% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 236 / 584 | 40.4% | 37.9% | 306 / 668 | 45.8% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 147 / 180 | 81.7% | 71.3% | 48 / 64 | 75.0% | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 66 / 70 | 94.3% | 82.1% | 48 / 61 | 78.7% | 82.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Soriano has more cage time on record.