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Sean Woodson vs. Alex Caceres

UFC 8-2-1 vs. 16-13-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-2-1
UFC record
16-13-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
78"
ReachΔ 5"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 27.6 mo
29.3
WLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sean Woodson outworks the Featherweight division — 5.63 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Sean Woodson rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Alex Caceres rarely shoots — 0.54 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sean Woodson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 82
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.51 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Alex Caceres

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1613
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7795.63/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
15194.21/min · norm 3.52
5794.18/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
11153.09/min · norm 3.50
46.5%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 44.7%
58.7%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
62.8%norm 54.8%
30.33/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.21/15 · norm 0.29

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

Sean Woodson

Distance 95.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Alex Caceres

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Sean Woodson

Head 81.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.9%)

Alex Caceres

Head 75.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Woodson L/AAccFeatherweight med Caceres L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 725 / 1606 45.1% 40.5% 1306 / 2737 47.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 47 / 59 79.7% 70.5% 128 / 177 72.3% 70.5%
On the ground 7 / 11 too few to rate 69.3% 85 / 126 67.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 545 / 1357 40.2% 37.1% 950 / 2289 41.5% 37.1%
To the body 119 / 183 65.0% 68.0% 381 / 521 73.1% 68.0%
To the legs 115 / 136 84.6% 80.3% 188 / 230 81.7% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Woodson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Caceres L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 502 / 1285 39.1% 39.3% 957 / 2752 34.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 67 / 98 68.4% 70.3% 70 / 105 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 10 / 19 too few to rate 69.4% 88 / 144 61.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 292 / 978 29.9% 35.9% 633 / 2305 27.5% 35.9%
To the body 145 / 234 62.0% 68.0% 210 / 358 58.7% 68.0%
To the legs 142 / 190 74.7% 81.5% 272 / 338 80.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
545.5% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1368.4% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.17
5187.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
8564.9% def · norm 61.5%
10:497.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
44:1012.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
25:442:47 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
76:363:11 per 15 · norm 3:11
30.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
160.67/15 · norm 0.45

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