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Thiago Perpetuo vs.
Leonardo Mafra

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

1-2-0 Thiago Perpetuo · UFC
1-3-0 Leonardo Mafra · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
148.5
Layoff (months)Δ 15.9 mo
132.6
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Thiago Perpetuo carries real power — 1.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Thiago Perpetuo hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Opponents land 54% of their head shots on Leonardo Mafra, vs a 35% Lightweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Thiago Perpetuo

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500

Leonardo Mafra

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

In the UFC: 0-2 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

865.39/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1614.55/min · norm 3.42
563.51/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1554.38/min · norm 3.37
69.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
48.5%norm 43.5%
51.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.6%norm 56.3%
21.88/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Thiago Perpetuo

Distance 54.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.1% (norm 10.3%)

Leonardo Mafra

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.0%)

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

Thiago Perpetuo

Head 69.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Leonardo Mafra

Head 74.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Perpetuo L/AAccMiddleweight med Mafra L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 67 61.2% 40.5% 129 / 286 45.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 14 / 21 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 34 / 42 81.0% 69.1% 18 / 25 72.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 85 68.2% 38.9% 97 / 246 39.4% 35.0%
To the body 23 / 31 74.2% 71.7% 24 / 39 61.5% 69.1%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 83.3% 40 / 47 85.1% 81.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Perpetuo L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Mafra L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 39 / 89 43.8% 39.5% 102 / 203 50.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 7 / 12 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 8 / 14 too few to rate 69.0% 46 / 60 76.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 88 39.8% 37.9% 115 / 213 54.0% 35.1%
To the body 7 / 10 too few to rate 71.3% 32 / 51 62.7% 68.1%
To the legs 14 / 17 too few to rate 82.1% 8 / 11 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

350.0% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
583.3% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 1.38
466.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
969.2% def · norm 64.0%
6:1238.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
6:5119.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
3:102:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
11:414:57 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.42/15 · norm 0.49

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

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