Steven Peterson vs. Martin Bravo

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
36
AgeΔ 4 yrs
32
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
40.5
Layoff (months)Δ 42.1 mo
82.6
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Martin Bravo hunts takedowns — 2.60 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Martin Bravo outworks the Featherweight division — 7.66 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Steven Peterson is a submission threat — 0.81 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Steven Peterson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 103
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Martin Bravo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5204.66/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
2217.66/min · norm 3.54
6746.04/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1655.72/min · norm 3.47
40.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
39.5%norm 45.0%
53.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
51.3%norm 54.85%
10.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.52/15 · norm 0.29

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

Steven Peterson

Distance 90.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 6.5%)

Martin Bravo

Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Steven Peterson

Head 81.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.5% (norm 7.8%)

Martin Bravo

Head 82.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Peterson L/AAccFeatherweight med Bravo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 426 / 1157 36.8% 40.9% 204 / 525 38.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 51 / 75 68.0% 70.8% 10 / 21 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 43 / 53 81.1% 69.2% 7 / 13 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 347 / 1043 33.3% 37.2% 161 / 459 35.1% 37.2%
To the body 97 / 146 66.4% 68.2% 45 / 72 62.5% 68.2%
To the legs 76 / 96 79.2% 80.7% 15 / 28 53.6% 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 Peterson L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Bravo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 612 / 1345 45.5% 39.2% 154 / 314 49.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 42 / 65 64.6% 70.3% 7 / 15 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 20 / 34 58.8% 69.4% 4 / 10 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 475 / 1178 40.3% 35.9% 110 / 272 40.4% 35.9%
To the body 139 / 195 71.3% 67.9% 45 / 57 78.9% 67.9%
To the legs 60 / 71 84.5% 81.5% 10 / 10 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1030.3% acc · 1.35/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
535.7% acc · 2.60/15 · norm 1.19
1664.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
685.7% def · norm 61.5%
26:0323.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
4:2015.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
13:191:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
1:210:42 per 15 · norm 3:12
60.81/15 · 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 — Peterson has more cage time on record.