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Chris Duncan vs.
Bolaji Oki

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

6-2-0 Chris Duncan · UFC
2-3-0 Bolaji Oki · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-2-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33.2
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
30.7
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
4.8
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Chris Duncan hunts takedowns — 2.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Bolaji Oki outworks the Lightweight division — 6.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Chris Duncan carries real power — 0.43 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight 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.

Chris Duncan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 103
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.68 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Bolaji Oki

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3214.60/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3466.17/min · norm 3.42
2954.23/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2895.15/min · norm 3.37
46.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 43.5%
52.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
61.1%norm 56.3%
20.43/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.27/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chris Duncan

Distance 89.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 8.0%)

Bolaji Oki

Distance 92.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chris Duncan

Head 73.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 7.9%)

Bolaji Oki

Head 79.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Duncan L/AAccLightweight med Oki L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 264 / 624 42.3% 37.9% 310 / 712 43.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 22 / 29 75.9% 67.3% 25 / 34 73.5% 67.3%
On the ground 35 / 42 83.3% 69.1% 11 / 28 39.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 194 / 508 38.2% 35.0% 236 / 616 38.3% 35.0%
To the body 73 / 102 71.6% 69.1% 80 / 122 65.6% 69.1%
To the legs 54 / 85 63.5% 81.9% 30 / 36 83.3% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Duncan L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Oki L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 256 / 567 45.1% 38.9% 238 / 661 36.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 33 / 43 76.7% 68.6% 16 / 27 59.3% 68.6%
On the ground 6 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 35 / 55 63.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 520 41.7% 35.1% 219 / 633 34.6% 35.1%
To the body 34 / 49 69.4% 68.1% 46 / 68 67.6% 68.1%
To the legs 44 / 50 88.0% 81.5% 24 / 42 57.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1340.6% acc · 2.80/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
457.1% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.38
1055.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
975.0% def · norm 64.0%
15:1421.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:4412.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
6:461:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
6:451:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
30.65/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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