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Rafael Estevam vs. Ethyn Ewing

UFC 3-1-0 vs. 2-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-1-0
UFC record
2-0-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30
AgeΔ 2 yrs
28
5'8"
Height
—
69"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
—
6.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
6.6
LWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rafael Estevam hunts takedowns — 5.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Rafael Estevam owns the mat — in control 52% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Ethyn Ewing outworks the Bantamweight division — 7.44 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rafael Estevam

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

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

Ethyn Ewing

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

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1061.87/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
1997.44/min · norm 3.52
2474.35/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1214.53/min · norm 3.58
32.3%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
55.3%norm 43.5%
45.0%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
63.4%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.56/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rafael Estevam

Distance 91.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 7.3%)

Ethyn Ewing

Distance 90.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 6.4%)

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

Rafael Estevam

Head 80.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.5% (norm 13.0%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 9.3%)

Ethyn Ewing

Head 87.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Estevam L/AAccFlyweight med Ewing L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 89 / 300 29.7% 39.9% 174 / 325 53.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.1% 23 / 33 69.7% 69.0%
On the ground 12 / 20 too few to rate 69.7% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 263 27.8% 37.6% 158 / 315 50.2% 35.3%
To the body 19 / 41 46.3% 68.5% 30 / 32 93.8% 66.9%
To the legs 14 / 24 too few to rate 80.0% 11 / 13 too few to rate 79.2%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Estevam L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Ewing L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 216 / 397 54.4% 39.9% 97 / 300 32.3% 39.4%
In the clinch 27 / 46 58.7% 68.8% 24 / 31 77.4% 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 167 / 351 47.6% 35.4% 70 / 252 27.8% 34.9%
To the body 56 / 70 80.0% 67.9% 38 / 50 76.0% 66.1%
To the legs 24 / 28 85.7% 80.2% 13 / 29 44.8% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1932.8% acc · 5.02/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
360.0% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.12
466.7% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
11100.0% def · norm 65.7%
29:2751.9% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
1:416.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
2:220:37 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control lower is better
1:110:39 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.26/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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