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Scott Jorgensen vs.
Jussier Formiga

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

4-8-0 Scott Jorgensen · UFC
9-7-0 Jussier Formiga · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-8-0
UFC record
9-7-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
5'5"
HeightΔ 0"
5'5"
66"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
128.5
Layoff (months)Δ 54.5 mo
74
LLLWL
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.

Scott Jorgensen hunts takedowns — 2.47 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jussier Formiga owns the mat — in control 29% of cage time, vs a 17% Flyweight norm.
Jussier Formiga hunts takedowns — 1.82 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.

Scott Jorgensen

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Jussier Formiga

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

In the UFC: 7-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3933.08/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2571.42/min · norm 3.49
4983.91/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4232.34/min · norm 3.24
39.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
39.6%norm 44.6%
61.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 56.4%
10.12/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.18

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

Scott Jorgensen

Distance 86.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Jussier Formiga

Distance 84.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 8.8% (norm 7.3%)

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

Scott Jorgensen

Head 84.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 8.4%)

Jussier Formiga

Head 85.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.2% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jorgensen L/AAccBantamweight med Formiga L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 295 / 859 34.3% 39.0% 184 / 549 33.5% 40.0%
In the clinch 62 / 91 68.1% 68.7% 30 / 43 69.8% 70.4%
On the ground 36 / 49 73.5% 70.2% 43 / 57 75.4% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 262 / 839 31.2% 34.9% 189 / 556 34.0% 37.6%
To the body 64 / 85 75.3% 66.8% 40 / 60 66.7% 68.5%
To the legs 67 / 75 89.3% 79.4% 28 / 33 84.8% 80.0%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Jorgensen L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Formiga L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 421 / 1171 36.0% 39.3% 253 / 928 27.3% 40.1%
In the clinch 44 / 69 63.8% 70.4% 99 / 140 70.7% 68.8%
On the ground 33 / 56 58.9% 72.4% 71 / 110 64.5% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 332 / 1056 31.4% 34.9% 239 / 896 26.7% 35.2%
To the body 99 / 148 66.9% 66.0% 125 / 195 64.1% 68.2%
To the legs 67 / 92 72.8% 79.1% 59 / 87 67.8% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2140.4% acc · 2.47/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
2235.5% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 1.30
3062.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2787.1% def · norm 62.5%
29:5023.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
52:3929.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
18:512:13 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
26:192:10 per 15 · norm 2:44
20.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
70.58/15 · norm 0.58

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

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