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Charles Oliveira vs. Frankie Edgar

UFC 25-11-0 (1 NC) vs. 18-11-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
25-11-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
18-11-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 8 yrs
45
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
74"
ReachΔ 6"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7.5
Layoff (months)Δ 39.7 mo
47.2
WWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charles Oliveira is a submission threat — 2.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Frankie Edgar hunts takedowns — 2.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Charles Oliveira owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Charles Oliveira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 25 tier-1/2 wins · 28 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 19-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.4 wins over .500

Frankie Edgar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1811
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.15 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9543.23/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
18013.77/min · norm 3.52
9003.05/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13462.82/min · norm 3.50
55.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
40.5%norm 44.7%
49.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.9%norm 54.8%
80.41/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.09/15 · norm 0.29

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

Charles Oliveira

Distance 69.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 8.0%)

Frankie Edgar

Distance 82.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Charles Oliveira

Head 68.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

Frankie Edgar

Head 79.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oliveira L/AAccLightweight med Edgar L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 560 / 1199 46.7% 38.3% 1263 / 3672 34.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 173 / 231 74.9% 67.5% 129 / 207 62.3% 70.5%
On the ground 221 / 285 77.5% 68.8% 409 / 572 71.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 565 / 1182 47.8% 35.1% 1195 / 3545 33.7% 37.1%
To the body 246 / 357 68.9% 69.1% 344 / 566 60.8% 68.0%
To the legs 143 / 176 81.2% 81.8% 262 / 340 77.1% 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Oliveira L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Edgar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 615 / 1341 45.9% 38.8% 1159 / 3660 31.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 72 / 105 68.6% 68.6% 93 / 156 59.6% 70.3%
On the ground 213 / 317 67.2% 68.0% 94 / 135 69.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 658 / 1421 46.3% 35.2% 995 / 3447 28.9% 35.9%
To the body 168 / 240 70.0% 68.2% 204 / 317 64.4% 68.0%
To the legs 74 / 102 72.5% 81.5% 147 / 187 78.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4539.8% acc · 2.29/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
7331.5% acc · 2.29/15 · norm 1.17
2854.9% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
4265.6% def · norm 61.5%
102:0334.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
105:3722.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
83:194:14 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
16:260:30 per 15 · norm 3:11
512.59/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
100.31/15 · norm 0.45

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