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Uros Medic vs.
Aalon Cruz

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

8-3-0 Uros Medic · UFC
0-2-0 Aalon Cruz · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33.3
AgeΔ 3.6 yrs
36.9
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 7"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
0.2
Layoff (months)Δ 64.8 mo
65
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Uros Medic carries real power — 3.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Aalon Cruz absorbs 21.08 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Opponents land 70% of their head shots on Aalon Cruz, 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.

Uros Medic

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 93
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.76 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Aalon Cruz

Full career not yet synced for Aalon Cruz — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2245.31/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
20.65/min · norm 3.42
1493.53/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
6521.08/min · norm 3.37
58.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
13.3%norm 43.5%
55.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
29.3%norm 56.3%
93.20/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Uros Medic

Distance 70.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 19.0% (norm 8.1%)

Aalon Cruz

Distance 100.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Uros Medic

Head 75.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.4%)

Aalon Cruz

Head 40.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 33.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 26.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Medic L/AAccWelterweight med Cruz L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 273 52.4% 38.6% 2 / 15 too few to rate 37.9%
In the clinch 28 / 39 71.8% 67.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 53 / 73 72.6% 67.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 292 52.4% 37.2% 2 / 6 too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 48 / 69 69.6% 70.7% 0 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 23 / 24 too few to rate 82.9% 0 / 4 too few to rate 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Medic L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Cruz L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 114 / 280 40.7% 39.0% 9 / 14 too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.9% 7 / 8 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 25 / 42 59.5% 68.0% 49 / 70 70.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 88 / 251 35.1% 35.6% 62 / 88 70.5% 35.1%
To the body 31 / 50 62.0% 69.6% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 30 / 36 83.3% 82.1% 2 / 2 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.

150.0% acc · 0.36/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
1055.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.0%
1:363.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
0:168.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:384:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
1:035:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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