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Chad Laprise vs.
Thibault Gouti

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

6-4-0 Chad Laprise · UFC
1-5-0 Thibault Gouti · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-4-0
UFC record
1-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 0.6 yrs
39.4
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
91.9
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
93.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Thibault Gouti absorbs 5.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Chad Laprise outworks the Welterweight division — 4.78 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Chad Laprise carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight 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.

Chad Laprise

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

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Thibault Gouti

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4104.78/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1803.68/min · norm 3.42
3083.59/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2765.64/min · norm 3.37
42.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
34.5%norm 43.5%
65.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 56.3%
30.52/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.31/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chad Laprise

Distance 89.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 8.1%)

Thibault Gouti

Distance 89.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chad Laprise

Head 78.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Thibault Gouti

Head 87.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Laprise L/AAccWelterweight med Gouti L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 349 / 859 40.6% 38.6% 145 / 466 31.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 28 / 46 60.9% 67.8% 17 / 33 51.5% 67.3%
On the ground 33 / 53 62.3% 67.2% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 239 / 755 31.7% 37.2% 140 / 455 30.8% 35.0%
To the body 89 / 118 75.4% 70.7% 22 / 40 55.0% 69.1%
To the legs 82 / 85 96.5% 82.9% 18 / 27 66.7% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Laprise L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Gouti L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 801 31.2% 39.0% 178 / 405 44.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 34 / 41 82.9% 68.9% 30 / 47 63.8% 68.6%
On the ground 24 / 45 53.3% 68.0% 68 / 103 66.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 165 / 685 24.1% 35.6% 202 / 455 44.4% 35.1%
To the body 61 / 99 61.6% 69.6% 48 / 70 68.6% 68.1%
To the legs 82 / 103 79.6% 82.1% 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

654.5% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 1.23/15 · norm 1.38
1178.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2083.3% def · norm 64.0%
12:1714.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:0814.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
3:080:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
13:044:00 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.31/15 · norm 0.49

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

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