Ike Villanueva vs. Vinicius Moreira

UFC 1-5-0 vs. 0-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-5-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 5 yrs
37
6'1"
HeightΔ 3"
6'4"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
51.5
Layoff (months)Δ 15.1 mo
66.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ike Villanueva absorbs 7.24 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.35 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Vinicius Moreira's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Light Heavyweight norm.
Vinicius Moreira rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ike Villanueva

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 156

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.12 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500

Vinicius Moreira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 155

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

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

923.66/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
382.68/min · norm 3.41
1827.24/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
866.06/min · norm 3.35
38.5%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 48.3%
36.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
45.6%norm 52.9%
10.60/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.40

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

Ike Villanueva

Distance 89.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.4%)

Vinicius Moreira

Distance 91.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

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

Ike Villanueva

Head 89.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 9.7%)

Vinicius Moreira

Head 26.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 42.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 31.9% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Villanueva L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Moreira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 213 36.6% 41.4% 34 / 63 54.0% 41.4%
In the clinch 11 / 19 too few to rate 70.9% 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 3 / 7 too few to rate 72.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 72 / 214 33.6% 38.9% 4 / 18 too few to rate 38.9%
To the body 18 / 22 too few to rate 71.9% 17 / 29 58.6% 71.9%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 81.8% 17 / 22 too few to rate 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Villanueva L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Moreira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 151 / 247 61.1% 40.4% 54 / 113 47.8% 40.4%
In the clinch 23 / 27 85.2% 68.7% 8 / 9 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 8 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 24 / 36 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 82 / 164 50.0% 37.5% 77 / 146 52.7% 37.5%
To the body 48 / 62 77.4% 72.3% 8 / 11 too few to rate 72.3%
To the legs 52 / 60 86.7% 83.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.60/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
1:054.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
2:5220.2% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:390:23 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
2:502:59 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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