Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Marlon Vera

UFC 14-7-1 vs. 15-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-7-1
UFC record
15-11-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
38
AgeΔ 5 yrs
33
5'5"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
2.3
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
5.3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Deiveson Figueiredo carries real power — 0.64 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.18 Flyweight norm.
Marlon Vera is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Deiveson Figueiredo is a submission threat — 1.18 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Deiveson Figueiredo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 147
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.8 wins over .500

Marlon Vera

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7182.57/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
14804.18/min · norm 3.52
9613.43/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
18905.34/min · norm 3.58
53.9%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.4%
49.6%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 56.6%
120.64/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
130.55/15 · norm 0.30

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

Deiveson Figueiredo

Distance 82.0% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.4% (norm 7.3%)

Marlon Vera

Distance 86.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Deiveson Figueiredo

Head 71.5% (norm 75.9%) · Body 20.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 9.3%)

Marlon Vera

Head 69.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Figueiredo L/AAccFlyweight med Vera L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 544 / 1092 49.8% 40.0% 1183 / 2694 43.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 52 / 75 69.3% 70.4% 146 / 189 77.2% 68.7%
On the ground 122 / 165 73.9% 69.7% 151 / 227 66.5% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 431 / 953 45.2% 37.6% 801 / 2146 37.3% 34.9%
To the body 202 / 271 74.5% 68.5% 319 / 520 61.3% 66.8%
To the legs 85 / 108 78.7% 80.0% 360 / 444 81.1% 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 (Flyweight: 73 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 Figueiredo L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Vera L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 783 / 1633 47.9% 40.1% 1605 / 3379 47.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 82 / 121 67.8% 68.8% 116 / 171 67.8% 70.4%
On the ground 96 / 154 62.3% 71.1% 169 / 238 71.0% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 622 / 1464 42.5% 35.2% 1163 / 2842 40.9% 34.9%
To the body 151 / 217 69.6% 68.2% 426 / 586 72.7% 66.0%
To the legs 188 / 227 82.8% 80.3% 301 / 360 83.6% 79.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3034.9% acc · 1.61/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
1139.3% acc · 0.47/15 · norm 1.12
4057.1% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
6671.7% def · norm 66.7%
43:4815.7% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
30:398.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
47:482:33 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
65:262:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
221.18/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
180.76/15 · norm 0.28

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