Alex Morono vs. Tim Means

UFC 13-10-0 (1 NC) vs. 15-14-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
15-14-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 7 yrs
42
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6
Layoff (months)Δ 16.1 mo
22.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Alex Morono rarely shoots — 0.32 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Alex Morono absorbs 4.88 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Tim Means outworks the Welterweight division — 5.04 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Alex Morono

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1310
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.01 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Tim Means

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1514
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 163

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 25 finish wins over 52 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13964.90/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
14575.04/min · norm 3.17
13894.88/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
10553.65/min · norm 3.06
39.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 44.9%
55.4%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.2%norm 55.25%
50.26/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
110.57/15 · norm 0.38

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

Alex Morono

Distance 92.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 8.1%)

Tim Means

Distance 84.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 8.1%)

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

Alex Morono

Head 88.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.4%)

Tim Means

Head 74.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Morono L/AAccWelterweight med Means L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1239 / 3242 38.2% 38.6% 1116 / 2495 44.7% 38.6%
In the clinch 101 / 172 58.7% 67.8% 202 / 270 74.8% 67.8%
On the ground 56 / 96 58.3% 67.2% 139 / 203 68.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1114 / 3098 36.0% 37.2% 885 / 2197 40.3% 37.2%
To the body 185 / 292 63.4% 70.7% 409 / 594 68.9% 70.7%
To the legs 97 / 120 80.8% 82.9% 163 / 177 92.1% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Morono L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Means L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1196 / 2808 42.6% 39.0% 899 / 2384 37.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 110 / 180 61.1% 68.9% 102 / 162 63.0% 68.9%
On the ground 83 / 125 66.4% 68.0% 54 / 107 50.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 691 / 2126 32.5% 35.6% 733 / 2171 33.8% 35.6%
To the body 492 / 718 68.5% 69.6% 191 / 323 59.1% 69.6%
To the legs 206 / 269 76.6% 82.1% 131 / 159 82.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
624.0% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
2240.0% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.27
2247.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
6864.8% def · norm 63.9%
15:595.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
41:1114.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
37:451:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
44:322:18 per 15 · norm 3:15
60.32/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.16/15 · norm 0.45

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