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Sergio Pettis vs.
Brandon Moreno

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

9-5-0 Sergio Pettis · UFC
11-7-2 Brandon Moreno · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-5-0
UFC record
11-7-2
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
33
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
32.7
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
82.5
Layoff (months)Δ 77.3 mo
5.2
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Sergio Pettis rarely shoots — 0.85 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Sergio Pettis is wasteful with ground strikes — only 52% land, vs a 70% 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.

Sergio Pettis

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

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Brandon Moreno

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8193.88/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
13083.84/min · norm 3.49
6152.91/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
12423.64/min · norm 3.24
37.4%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
44.4%norm 44.6%
65.4%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 56.4%
10.07/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
40.18/15 · norm 0.18

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

Sergio Pettis

Distance 93.2% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 7.3%)

Brandon Moreno

Distance 91.1% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.6% (norm 7.3%)

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

Sergio Pettis

Head 88.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 6.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 9.3%)

Brandon Moreno

Head 84.7% (norm 75.9%) · Body 9.9% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Pettis L/AAccFlyweight med Moreno L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 730 / 2039 35.8% 40.0% 1147 / 2684 42.7% 40.0%
In the clinch 42 / 59 71.2% 70.4% 72 / 126 57.1% 70.4%
On the ground 47 / 90 52.2% 69.7% 89 / 136 65.4% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 645 / 1935 33.3% 37.6% 969 / 2494 38.9% 37.6%
To the body 82 / 147 55.8% 68.5% 207 / 293 70.6% 68.5%
To the legs 92 / 106 86.8% 80.0% 132 / 159 83.0% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Pettis L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Moreno L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 517 / 1610 32.1% 40.1% 1097 / 2891 37.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 35 / 56 62.5% 68.8% 48 / 82 58.5% 68.8%
On the ground 63 / 113 55.8% 71.1% 97 / 121 80.2% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 383 / 1433 26.7% 35.2% 840 / 2519 33.3% 35.2%
To the body 144 / 231 62.3% 68.2% 217 / 322 67.4% 68.2%
To the legs 88 / 115 76.5% 80.3% 185 / 253 73.1% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1240.0% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
3139.7% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.30
5067.6% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
4965.3% def · norm 62.5%
18:118.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
61:4118.1% of cage time · norm 17.0%
56:424:01 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
34:171:30 per 15 · norm 2:44
50.36/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
90.40/15 · norm 0.58

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

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