Luis Saldana vs. Bruno Souza

UFC 2-1-1 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-1-1
UFC record
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
30
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
47.6
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
52.4
DWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Luis Saldana carries real power — 0.50 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Bruno Souza rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Bruno Souza absorbs 5.30 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Luis Saldana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 31
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 144

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

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

Bruno Souza

Full career not yet synced for Bruno Souza — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2884.80/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1123.73/min · norm 3.54
2454.08/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1595.30/min · norm 3.47
48.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.9%norm 45.0%
58.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
45.5%norm 54.85%
20.50/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Luis Saldana

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

Bruno Souza

Distance 96.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Luis Saldana

Head 66.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.6% (norm 7.8%)

Bruno Souza

Head 72.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.2% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Saldana L/AAccFeatherweight med Souza L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 268 / 564 47.5% 40.9% 105 / 270 38.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 14 / 20 too few to rate 70.8% 7 / 11 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 69.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 140 / 395 35.4% 37.2% 64 / 204 31.4% 37.2%
To the body 62 / 87 71.3% 68.2% 30 / 54 55.6% 68.2%
To the legs 86 / 110 78.2% 80.7% 18 / 23 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Saldana L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Souza L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 234 / 567 41.3% 39.2% 146 / 278 52.5% 39.2%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 10 / 11 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 69.4% 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 157 / 465 33.8% 35.9% 67 / 172 39.0% 35.9%
To the body 66 / 92 71.7% 67.9% 39 / 54 72.2% 67.9%
To the legs 22 / 28 78.6% 81.5% 53 / 66 80.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
317.6% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
116.7% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.19
444.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
360.0% def · norm 61.5%
7:3312.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
0:573.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
8:232:05 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
1:460:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
10.25/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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