Victor Hugo vs.
Pedro Falcao
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Victor Hugo
Full career not yet synced for Victor Hugo — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500
Pedro Falcao
Full career not yet synced for Pedro Falcao — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Victor Hugo
Distance 94.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
Pedro Falcao
Distance 94.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Victor Hugo
Head 63.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.8%)
Pedro Falcao
Head 78.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Hugo L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Falcao L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 100 / 234 | 42.7% | 40.9% | 91 / 210 | 43.3% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 54 / 159 | 34.0% | 37.2% | 61 / 174 | 35.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 35 / 58 | 60.3% | 68.2% | 17 / 25 | 68.0% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 24 / 32 | 75.0% | 80.7% | 21 / 24 | too few to rate | 79.4% |
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: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Hugo L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Falcao L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 90 / 212 | 42.5% | 39.2% | 114 / 239 | 47.7% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 20 / 26 | 76.9% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 66 / 181 | 36.5% | 35.9% | 75 / 192 | 39.1% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 14 / 25 | 56.0% | 67.9% | 42 / 57 | 73.7% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 22 / 26 | 84.6% | 81.5% | 24 / 26 | 92.3% | 79.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hugo has more cage time on record.