Rick Story vs. Leonardo Mafra
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Rick Story
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 31 documented bouts
In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500
Leonardo Mafra
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Rick Story
Distance 74.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 8.1%)
Leonardo Mafra
Distance 86.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Rick Story
Head 73.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)
Leonardo Mafra
Head 74.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Story L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Mafra L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 548 / 1606 | 34.1% | 38.5% | 129 / 286 | 45.1% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 201 / 312 | 64.4% | 67.8% | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 152 / 240 | 63.3% | 67.0% | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 465 / 1586 | 29.3% | 36.4% | 97 / 246 | 39.4% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 312 / 432 | 72.2% | 70.7% | 24 / 39 | 61.5% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 124 / 140 | 88.6% | 83.0% | 40 / 47 | 85.1% | 81.8% |
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 · Lightweight: 204 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 Story L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Mafra L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 395 / 1173 | 33.7% | 39.1% | 102 / 203 | 50.2% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 94 / 165 | 57.0% | 68.9% | 7 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 26 / 36 | 72.2% | 68.0% | 46 / 60 | 76.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 336 / 1118 | 30.1% | 35.6% | 115 / 213 | 54.0% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 108 / 168 | 64.3% | 69.6% | 32 / 51 | 62.7% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 71 / 88 | 80.7% | 82.2% | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Story has more cage time on record.