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Billy Quarantillo vs.
Gavin Tucker

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-5-0 Billy Quarantillo · UFC
4-3-0 Gavin Tucker · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-5-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
40
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 4"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
19.7
Layoff (months)Δ 16.4 mo
36.1
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Gavin Tucker is a submission threat — 1.46 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Gavin Tucker hunts takedowns — 3.13 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Billy Quarantillo is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Billy Quarantillo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Gavin Tucker

Full career not yet synced for Gavin Tucker — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8637.04/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3094.29/min · norm 3.54
7205.87/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3014.18/min · norm 3.47
52.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 45.0%
43.0%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.4%norm 54.85%
20.24/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Billy Quarantillo

Distance 78.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.0% (norm 6.5%)

Gavin Tucker

Distance 87.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Billy Quarantillo

Head 79.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.8%)

Gavin Tucker

Head 77.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Quarantillo L/AAccFeatherweight med Tucker L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 573 / 1289 44.5% 40.9% 247 / 604 40.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 148 / 182 81.3% 70.8% 49 / 70 70.0% 70.8%
On the ground 142 / 182 78.0% 69.2% 13 / 17 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 599 / 1313 45.6% 37.2% 189 / 534 35.4% 37.2%
To the body 198 / 260 76.2% 68.2% 78 / 111 70.3% 68.2%
To the legs 66 / 80 82.5% 80.7% 42 / 46 91.3% 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 Quarantillo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Tucker L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 563 / 1035 54.4% 39.2% 140 / 465 30.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 106 / 138 76.8% 70.3% 65 / 95 68.4% 70.3%
On the ground 51 / 91 56.0% 69.4% 96 / 147 65.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 496 / 983 50.5% 35.9% 192 / 554 34.7% 35.9%
To the body 141 / 187 75.4% 67.9% 96 / 134 71.6% 67.9%
To the legs 83 / 94 88.3% 81.5% 13 / 19 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

1325.5% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1544.1% acc · 3.13/15 · norm 1.19
2761.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
753.8% def · norm 61.5%
33:0827.0% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
13:5219.3% of cage time · norm 16.7%
32:363:59 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
10:052:06 per 15 · norm 3:12
91.10/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
71.46/15 · norm 0.46

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

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