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Ricardo Ramos vs.
Josh Culibao

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

8-7-0 Ricardo Ramos · UFC
3-4-1 Josh Culibao · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-7-0
UFC record
3-4-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 1 yrs
32
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.8
Layoff (months)Δ 13.8 mo
23.6
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Ricardo Ramos is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Ricardo Ramos hunts takedowns — 2.51 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Josh Culibao rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Ricardo Ramos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 87
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Josh Culibao

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4002.91/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3583.41/min · norm 3.54
5463.97/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3193.04/min · norm 3.47
36.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.8%norm 45.0%
54.8%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 54.85%
30.33/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.57/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ricardo Ramos

Distance 92.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

Josh Culibao

Distance 92.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ricardo Ramos

Head 76.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 7.8%)

Josh Culibao

Head 76.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ramos L/AAccFeatherweight med Culibao L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 1019 33.6% 40.9% 318 / 741 42.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 33 / 42 78.6% 70.8% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.8%
On the ground 25 / 37 67.6% 69.2% 20 / 29 69.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 838 29.6% 37.2% 218 / 609 35.8% 37.2%
To the body 84 / 141 59.6% 68.2% 71 / 106 67.0% 68.2%
To the legs 68 / 119 57.1% 80.7% 69 / 85 81.2% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Ramos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Culibao L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 468 / 1096 42.7% 39.2% 216 / 642 33.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 49 73.5% 70.3% 35 / 55 63.6% 70.3%
On the ground 42 / 63 66.7% 69.4% 68 / 99 68.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 332 / 920 36.1% 35.9% 184 / 594 31.0% 35.9%
To the body 92 / 135 68.1% 67.9% 76 / 119 63.9% 67.9%
To the legs 122 / 153 79.7% 81.5% 59 / 83 71.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2357.5% acc · 2.51/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
1967.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2165.6% def · norm 61.5%
19:3414.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
6:566.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
16:331:48 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
33:034:43 per 15 · norm 3:12
90.98/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.29/15 · norm 0.46

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

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