Mario Pinto vs. Felipe Franco
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Mario Pinto
Full career not yet synced for Mario Pinto — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
Felipe Franco
Full career not yet synced for Felipe Franco — 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 +1.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mario Pinto
Distance 57.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 28.1% (norm 9.3%)
Felipe Franco
Distance 61.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 31.0% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mario Pinto
Head 85.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.0% (norm 7.6%)
Felipe Franco
Head 91.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.9% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Pinto L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Franco L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 34 / 65 | 52.3% | 40.1% | 25 / 71 | 35.2% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 14 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 28 / 32 | 87.5% | 70.2% | 27 / 36 | 75.0% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 61 / 97 | 62.9% | 38.9% | 51 / 106 | 48.1% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 76.8% | 8 / 9 | too few to rate | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 87.8% | 1 / 1 | 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 (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 Pinto L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Franco L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 45 / 114 | 39.5% | 40.7% | 31 / 74 | 41.9% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 13 / 15 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 30 / 95 | 31.6% | 38.8% | 32 / 75 | 42.7% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 20 / 26 | 76.9% | 75.1% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 84.4% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Pinto has more cage time on record.