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Chad Laprise vs.
Vicente Luque

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
17-8-0 Vicente Luque · 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
17-8-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
40
AgeΔ 5.3 yrs
34.7
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
91.9
Layoff (months)Δ 88.1 mo
3.8
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL
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.

Vicente Luque carries real power — 0.70 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Vicente Luque absorbs 5.24 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Chad Laprise outworks the Welterweight division — 4.78 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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

Vicente Luque

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 178
Tier 3 — regional circuit 74

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.0 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
11354.80/min · norm 3.17
3083.59/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
12415.24/min · norm 3.06
42.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.9%norm 44.9%
65.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.6%norm 55.25%
30.52/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
110.70/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Vicente Luque

Distance 92.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Vicente Luque

Head 74.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.3% (norm 8.4%)

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 Luque L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 349 / 859 40.6% 38.6% 1003 / 2052 48.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 28 / 46 60.9% 67.8% 62 / 77 80.5% 67.8%
On the ground 33 / 53 62.3% 67.2% 70 / 101 69.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 239 / 755 31.7% 37.2% 687 / 1671 41.1% 37.2%
To the body 89 / 118 75.4% 70.7% 153 / 218 70.2% 70.7%
To the legs 82 / 85 96.5% 82.9% 295 / 341 86.5% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Luque L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 801 31.2% 39.0% 998 / 2212 45.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 34 / 41 82.9% 68.9% 140 / 192 72.9% 68.9%
On the ground 24 / 45 53.3% 68.0% 103 / 160 64.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 165 / 685 24.1% 35.6% 932 / 2170 42.9% 35.6%
To the body 61 / 99 61.6% 69.6% 177 / 244 72.5% 69.6%
To the legs 82 / 103 79.6% 82.1% 132 / 150 88.0% 82.1%
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
1448.3% acc · 0.89/15 · norm 1.27
1178.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3759.7% def · norm 63.9%
12:1714.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
34:1114.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
3:080:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
45:562:54 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
110.70/15 · norm 0.45

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

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