Sergio Moraes vs. Anthony Rocco Martin

UFC 8-5-1 vs. 9-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-5-1
UFC record
9-6-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
44
AgeΔ 8 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
80.7
Layoff (months)Δ 6.7 mo
74
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Anthony Rocco Martin is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Anthony Rocco Martin rarely shoots — 0.71 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Sergio Moraes is wasteful with clinch strikes — only 48% land, vs a 68% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sergio Moraes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 95
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Anthony Rocco Martin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4232.42/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5112.68/min · norm 3.42
6523.73/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4942.59/min · norm 3.37
42.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.2%norm 43.5%
60.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 56.3%
10.09/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Sergio Moraes

Distance 93.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 8.1%)

Anthony Rocco Martin

Distance 91.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Sergio Moraes

Head 85.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 8.4%)

Anthony Rocco Martin

Head 87.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Moraes L/AAccWelterweight med Martin L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 385 / 932 41.3% 38.6% 428 / 1254 34.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 12 / 25 48.0% 67.8% 42 / 64 65.6% 67.3%
On the ground 26 / 36 72.2% 67.2% 41 / 56 73.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 848 38.2% 37.2% 371 / 1202 30.9% 35.0%
To the body 73 / 114 64.0% 70.7% 47 / 62 75.8% 69.1%
To the legs 26 / 31 83.9% 82.9% 93 / 110 84.5% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Moraes L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Martin L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 609 / 1563 39.0% 39.0% 415 / 1086 38.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 17 / 22 too few to rate 68.9% 69 / 84 82.1% 68.6%
On the ground 26 / 44 59.1% 68.0% 10 / 14 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 413 / 1291 32.0% 35.6% 228 / 821 27.8% 35.1%
To the body 108 / 176 61.4% 69.6% 151 / 211 71.6% 68.1%
To the legs 131 / 162 80.9% 82.1% 115 / 152 75.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1438.9% acc · 1.20/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
927.3% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.38
375.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3368.8% def · norm 64.0%
29:5317.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
48:2925.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
10:360:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
26:512:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
50.43/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
131.02/15 · norm 0.49

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