Phillipe Nover vs. Efrain Escudero
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Phillipe Nover
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 7 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
Efrain Escudero
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 0 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 24 | 8 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 49 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Phillipe Nover
Distance 83.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 6.5%)
Efrain Escudero
Distance 74.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Phillipe Nover
Head 76.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 17.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.3% (norm 7.8%)
Efrain Escudero
Head 76.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Nover L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Escudero L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 114 / 382 | 29.8% | 40.9% | 273 / 725 | 37.7% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 44 / 60 | 73.3% | 70.8% | 93 / 146 | 63.7% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 5 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 69 / 99 | 69.7% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 96 / 348 | 27.6% | 37.2% | 263 / 738 | 35.6% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 47 / 81 | 58.0% | 68.2% | 68 / 98 | 69.4% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 80.7% | 104 / 134 | 77.6% | 81.9% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Nover L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Escudero L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 120 / 360 | 33.3% | 39.2% | 233 / 775 | 30.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 61 / 77 | 79.2% | 70.3% | 55 / 75 | 73.3% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 45 / 81 | 55.6% | 69.4% | 55 / 78 | 70.5% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 98 / 341 | 28.7% | 35.9% | 183 / 699 | 26.2% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 55 / 86 | 64.0% | 67.9% | 96 / 146 | 65.8% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 73 / 91 | 80.2% | 81.5% | 64 / 83 | 77.1% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Escudero has more cage time on record.