Thiago Perpetuo vs. Leonardo Mafra
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Thiago Perpetuo
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 2 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.51 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 14 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.7 wins over .500
Leonardo Mafra
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 14 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.37 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Thiago Perpetuo
Distance 54.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 34.1% (norm 10.3%)
Leonardo Mafra
Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.5% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Thiago Perpetuo
Head 69.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)
Leonardo Mafra
Head 74.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Perpetuo L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Mafra L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 41 / 67 | 61.2% | 40.5% | 129 / 286 | 45.1% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 14 / 21 | too few to rate | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 34 / 42 | 81.0% | 69.1% | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 58 / 85 | 68.2% | 38.9% | 97 / 246 | 39.4% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 23 / 31 | 74.2% | 71.7% | 24 / 39 | 61.5% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 5 / 7 | too few to rate | 83.3% | 40 / 47 | 85.1% | 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Perpetuo L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Mafra L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 39 / 89 | 43.8% | 39.5% | 102 / 203 | 50.2% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 9 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 7 / 12 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 46 / 60 | 76.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 35 / 88 | 39.8% | 37.9% | 115 / 213 | 54.0% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 71.3% | 32 / 51 | 62.7% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 14 / 17 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Mafra has more cage time on record.