Kyle Noke vs. Alex Morono

UFC 6-6-0 vs. 13-10-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-6-0
UFC record
13-10-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46
AgeΔ 11 yrs
35
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
116.4
Layoff (months)Δ 110.4 mo
6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

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.
Kyle Noke defends leg kicks well — opponents land just 54%, vs a 82% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kyle Noke

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 66
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3573.30/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
13964.90/min · norm 3.17
2322.14/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
13894.88/min · norm 3.06
51.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 44.9%
62.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.4%norm 55.25%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.26/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kyle Noke

Distance 76.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.1%)

Alex Morono

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

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

Kyle Noke

Head 62.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 21.5% (norm 8.4%)

Alex Morono

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Noke L/AAccWelterweight med Morono L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 533 46.9% 38.6% 1239 / 3242 38.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 22 / 39 56.4% 67.8% 101 / 172 58.7% 67.8%
On the ground 85 / 127 66.9% 67.2% 56 / 96 58.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 170 / 439 38.7% 37.2% 1114 / 3098 36.0% 37.2%
To the body 72 / 110 65.5% 70.7% 185 / 292 63.4% 70.7%
To the legs 115 / 150 76.7% 82.9% 97 / 120 80.8% 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 Noke L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Morono L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 149 / 489 30.5% 39.0% 1196 / 2808 42.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 41 48.8% 68.9% 110 / 180 61.1% 68.9%
On the ground 63 / 85 74.1% 68.0% 83 / 125 66.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 526 34.8% 35.6% 691 / 2126 32.5% 35.6%
To the body 28 / 50 56.0% 69.6% 492 / 718 68.5% 69.6%
To the legs 21 / 39 53.8% 82.1% 206 / 269 76.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1155.0% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
624.0% acc · 0.32/15 · norm 1.27
2066.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2247.8% def · norm 63.9%
17:1615.9% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:595.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
24:403:24 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
37:451:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.55/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
60.32/15 · norm 0.45

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