Rafael Estevam vs.
Ethyn Ewing
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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 5.7%) · Ground 0.6% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rafael Estevam
Head 80.2% (norm 75.9%) · Body 12.5% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 9.3%)
Ethyn Ewing
Head 87.5% (norm 77.4%) · 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/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Ewing L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 89 / 300 | 29.7% | 40.0% | 174 / 325 | 53.5% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 23 / 33 | 69.7% | 68.7% |
| 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% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 19 / 41 | 46.3% | 68.5% | 30 / 32 | 93.8% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 14 / 24 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 11 / 13 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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: 117 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/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Ewing L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 216 / 397 | 54.4% | 40.1% | 97 / 300 | 32.3% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 27 / 46 | 58.7% | 68.8% | 24 / 31 | 77.4% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 71.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 167 / 351 | 47.6% | 35.2% | 70 / 252 | 27.8% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 56 / 70 | 80.0% | 68.2% | 38 / 50 | 76.0% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 24 / 28 | 85.7% | 80.3% | 13 / 29 | 44.8% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Estevam has more cage time on record.