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Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Punahele Soriano

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 0 yrs
33
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
1.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ramiz Brahimaj is a submission threat — 1.44 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Punahele Soriano carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Punahele Soriano hunts takedowns — 2.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ramiz Brahimaj

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 42
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Punahele Soriano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1792.14/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5054.15/min · norm 3.23
2703.23/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4493.69/min · norm 3.20
49.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
52.7%norm 47.4%
46.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.2%norm 53.8%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.74/15 · norm 0.32

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

Ramiz Brahimaj

Distance 87.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 9.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 2.8% (norm 8.1%)

Punahele Soriano

Distance 64.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 29.5% (norm 10.0%)

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

Ramiz Brahimaj

Head 80.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 14.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.4% (norm 8.0%)

Punahele Soriano

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brahimaj L/AAccWelterweight med Soriano L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 317 44.8% 38.5% 231 / 617 37.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 67.8% 46 / 59 78.0% 70.6%
On the ground 9 / 10 too few to rate 67.0% 228 / 283 80.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 125 / 292 42.8% 36.4% 400 / 816 49.0% 38.8%
To the body 40 / 54 74.1% 70.7% 94 / 128 73.4% 71.6%
To the legs 14 / 16 too few to rate 83.0% 11 / 15 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Brahimaj L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Soriano L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 190 / 408 46.6% 39.1% 376 / 743 50.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 59 / 66 89.4% 68.9% 57 / 75 76.0% 70.4%
On the ground 21 / 29 72.4% 68.0% 16 / 16 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 168 / 379 44.3% 35.6% 236 / 584 40.4% 37.9%
To the body 78 / 97 80.4% 69.6% 147 / 180 81.7% 71.3%
To the legs 24 / 27 88.9% 82.2% 66 / 70 94.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1134.4% acc · 1.97/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1744.7% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.35
1446.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2150.0% def · norm 63.3%
20:4724.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
36:0929.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
32:035:45 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
19:132:22 per 15 · norm 3:00
81.44/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
20.25/15 · norm 0.45

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