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Carlton Minus vs. Christos Giagos

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 6-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
6-8-0
Catch Weight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33
AgeΔ 3 yrs
36
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 4"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
70
Layoff (months)Δ 39.5 mo
30.5
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Christos Giagos hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Christos Giagos owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Carlton Minus

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Christos Giagos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1053.50/min · norm —
Sig. strikes landed
3533.03/min · norm 3.44
1494.97/min · norm —
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3733.21/min · norm 3.38
40.1%norm —
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 43.65%
50.3%norm —
Striking defense
50.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm —
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Carlton Minus

Distance 98.5% (norm —) · Clinch 1.1% (norm —) · Ground 0.4% (norm —)

Christos Giagos

Distance 80.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Carlton Minus

Head 87.4% (norm —) · Body 6.9% (norm —) · Legs 5.7% (norm —)

Christos Giagos

Head 80.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Minus L/AAccCatch Weight med Giagos L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 258 40.3% — 261 / 680 38.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate — 41 / 65 63.1% 67.5%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate — 51 / 99 51.5% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 79 / 229 34.5% — 232 / 682 34.0% 35.1%
To the body 12 / 18 too few to rate — 81 / 117 69.2% 69.1%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate — 40 / 45 88.9% 81.8%

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 (Catch Weight: 0 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Minus L/AOpp accCatch Weight med vs Giagos L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 268 46.3% — 250 / 599 41.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 8 / 9 too few to rate — 68 / 90 75.6% 68.6%
On the ground 17 / 23 too few to rate — 55 / 69 79.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 243 42.0% — 225 / 561 40.1% 35.2%
To the body 19 / 28 67.9% — 85 / 122 69.7% 68.2%
To the legs 28 / 29 96.6% — 63 / 75 84.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm —
Takedowns landed
2236.7% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.34
1058.8% def · norm —
Takedowns stopped
1252.2% def · norm 63.7%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm —
Control time
34:5130.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
11:435:51 per 15 · norm —
Time under control lower is better
21:342:46 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm —
Submission attempts
30.39/15 · norm 0.48

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