Ground game
58 CGround work is situational, not a finishing engine. Expect clinch entries more than a mat cycle.
- 1.72 takedowns / 15 at 67% accuracy
- 0.86 submission attempts / 15 · 7 career sub wins
Lightweight
“El Loco”
17-4
SLpM
7.29
SApM
2.05
Str Acc
60%
Str Def
53%
TD Avg
1.72
TD Acc
67%
TD Def
78%
Sub Avg
0.86
Volume pressure striker — suspect hips against the shot
Fight IQ
Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 21 career fights for Manuel Torres. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.
IQ
Ground
Defense
Counter
Reaction
proxy
Agility
proxy
TD react
Chin
Punching agility
Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.
Durability
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
Striking defense
Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.
Counter punching
This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.
Takedown reaction
A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.
Manuel Torres “El Loco” is a 31-year-old Switch lightweight out of Mexico, camped at Delincuentes MMA. The tape read: volume pressure striker — suspect hips against the shot. Career mark 17-4-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 7 by submission, 10 by decision. Fight IQ grades C+ (64).
What works. Punching agility is the standout at 85 (A). Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing. Ground game C on 1.72 TD/15 and 0.86 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 53% / 2.05 SApM. Counter punching D; punching agility A (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C on 78% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.
Where it breaks. Counter punching is the soft spot (42, D). This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting. Opponents who out-speed the first exchange and never stay on the centerline have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. When Torres loses, it is usually a finish (0 KO, 2 sub) — composure under the first clean hurt is the live question.
The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Torres yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.
Ground work is situational, not a finishing engine. Expect clinch entries more than a mat cycle.
Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.
This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.
Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.
Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.
A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
| Date | Opponent | Res | Method | Rnd | Sig |
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