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Raulian Paiva vs.
Sergey Morozov

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

3-4-0 Raulian Paiva · UFC
3-2-0 Sergey Morozov · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

3-4-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
30.8
AgeΔ 6.3 yrs
37.1
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
49.3
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
43.6
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL
The read

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.

Sergey Morozov hunts takedowns — 3.63 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Sergey Morozov owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Raulian Paiva rarely shoots — 0.58 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Level of competition

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.

Raulian Paiva

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

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

Sergey Morozov

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3013.89/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
1873.01/min · norm 3.52
3584.63/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
1842.97/min · norm 3.58
40.0%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
43.5%norm 43.4%
52.1%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
61.3%norm 56.6%
10.19/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
10.24/15 · norm 0.30

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

Raulian Paiva

Distance 94.3% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 7.3%)

Sergey Morozov

Distance 87.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Raulian Paiva

Head 75.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 16.6% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 9.3%)

Sergey Morozov

Head 83.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Paiva L/AAccFlyweight med Morozov L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 709 38.6% 40.0% 147 / 374 39.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 18 / 26 69.2% 70.4% 17 / 23 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 9 / 17 too few to rate 69.7% 23 / 33 69.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 176 / 571 30.8% 37.6% 134 / 359 37.3% 34.9%
To the body 80 / 125 64.0% 68.5% 27 / 40 67.5% 66.8%
To the legs 45 / 56 80.4% 80.0% 26 / 31 83.9% 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 Paiva L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Morozov L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 316 / 691 45.7% 40.1% 166 / 451 36.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.8% 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 29 / 37 78.4% 71.1% 1 / 4 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 225 / 577 39.0% 35.2% 100 / 345 29.0% 34.9%
To the body 72 / 102 70.6% 68.2% 45 / 82 54.9% 66.0%
To the legs 61 / 68 89.7% 80.3% 39 / 49 79.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

318.8% acc · 0.58/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1531.9% acc · 3.63/15 · norm 1.12
3574.5% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
1368.4% def · norm 66.7%
7:5410.2% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
22:4636.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
9:501:54 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
4:050:59 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.19/15 · 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 — Paiva has more cage time on record.

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