Lightweight

Manuel Torres

El Loco

17-4

Age
31
Height
5'10"
Reach
6'2"
Stance
Switch
Camp
Delincuentes MMA
Out of
Mexico
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C+ · 64
Finish rate
41%
Win rate
81%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
7
Dec
10

FightMetric

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

Tape read

Volume pressure striker — suspect hips against the shot

Fight IQ

64C+

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 21 career fights for Manuel Torres. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C+

Ground

C

Defense

B

Counter

D

Reaction

proxy

B

Agility

proxy

A

TD react

C

Chin

B+

What they do well

  • 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.

Where they leak

  • 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.

Scouting report

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 game

58 C

Ground 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

Striking defense

73 B

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 53% striking defense · 2.05 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 4 defeats

Counter punching

42 D

This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

  • 60% accuracy on 7.29 SLpM
  • 0.67 knockdowns / 15 · 0 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

68 B

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 53% · TD def 78% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.05 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

85 A

Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • 7.29 SLpM at 60% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.05 SApM

Takedown reaction

53 C

A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.

  • 78% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 2 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

80 B+

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 4 losses
  • 10 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet.