Renato Moicano vs. Jose Aldo

UFC 13-7-0 vs. 14-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
13-7-0
UFC record
14-9-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 4"
5'7"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 10.8 mo
14.9
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jose Aldo rarely shoots — 0.51 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Renato Moicano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 137
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.29 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Jose Aldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 149
Tier 3 — regional circuit 181

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 42 documented bouts

In the UFC: 14-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7714.10/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
13543.57/min · norm 3.54
6683.55/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
16004.21/min · norm 3.47
49.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 45.0%
59.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
58.4%norm 54.85%
20.16/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
70.28/15 · norm 0.29

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

Renato Moicano

Distance 88.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.9% (norm 8.0%)

Jose Aldo

Distance 93.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Renato Moicano

Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.0% (norm 7.9%)

Jose Aldo

Head 79.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Moicano L/AAccLightweight med Aldo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 636 / 1379 46.1% 37.9% 1220 / 2802 43.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 25 / 33 75.8% 67.3% 56 / 69 81.2% 70.8%
On the ground 110 / 155 71.0% 69.1% 78 / 121 64.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 563 / 1296 43.4% 35.0% 913 / 2389 38.2% 37.2%
To the body 75 / 114 65.8% 69.1% 280 / 416 67.3% 68.2%
To the legs 133 / 157 84.7% 81.9% 161 / 187 86.1% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Moicano L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Aldo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 556 / 1502 37.0% 38.9% 1242 / 3376 36.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 27 / 36 75.0% 68.6% 153 / 189 81.0% 70.3%
On the ground 85 / 119 71.4% 68.0% 205 / 277 74.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 419 / 1331 31.5% 35.1% 991 / 2993 33.1% 35.9%
To the body 123 / 176 69.9% 68.1% 289 / 433 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 126 / 150 84.0% 81.5% 320 / 416 76.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2140.4% acc · 1.68/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1350.0% acc · 0.51/15 · norm 1.19
2764.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
9891.6% def · norm 61.5%
41:1121.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
44:0611.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
24:421:58 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
52:302:04 per 15 · norm 3:12
70.56/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
40.16/15 · norm 0.46

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