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Vitor Miranda vs. Abu Azaitar

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
47
AgeΔ 7 yrs
40
6'1"
HeightΔ 4"
5'9"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
98.9
Layoff (months)Δ 62.9 mo
36
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Vitor Miranda is wasteful with body shots — only 43% land, vs a 72% Middleweight norm.
Abu Azaitar outworks the Middleweight division — 4.38 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Abu Azaitar absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Vitor Miranda

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Abu Azaitar

Full career not yet synced for Abu Azaitar — 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 -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2352.98/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1974.38/min · norm 3.23
2322.95/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1944.32/min · norm 3.20
45.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.5%norm 47.4%
58.9%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Vitor Miranda

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.0%)

Abu Azaitar

Distance 83.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 10.0%)

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

Vitor Miranda

Head 64.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 19.5% (norm 8.4%)

Abu Azaitar

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Miranda L/AAccMiddleweight med Azaitar L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 135 / 394 34.3% 40.5% 143 / 380 37.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 39 / 41 95.1% 70.6% 34 / 47 72.3% 70.6%
On the ground 61 / 77 79.2% 69.4% 20 / 26 76.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 132 / 330 40.0% 38.8% 99 / 325 30.5% 38.8%
To the body 35 / 82 42.7% 71.6% 72 / 98 73.5% 71.6%
To the legs 68 / 100 68.0% 83.3% 26 / 30 86.7% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Miranda L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Azaitar L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 178 / 484 36.8% 39.5% 126 / 302 41.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 22 / 31 71.0% 70.4% 18 / 25 72.0% 70.4%
On the ground 32 / 50 64.0% 69.0% 50 / 72 69.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 156 / 470 33.2% 37.9% 147 / 334 44.0% 37.9%
To the body 33 / 47 70.2% 71.3% 17 / 28 60.7% 71.3%
To the legs 43 / 48 89.6% 82.1% 30 / 37 81.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
555.6% acc · 0.95/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
337.5% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.35
1450.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
342.9% def · norm 63.3%
10:5113.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
5:5113.0% of cage time · norm 19.4%
31:085:55 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
15:065:02 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.19/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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