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Chris Gruetzemacher vs.
Abner Lloveras

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

3-4-0 Chris Gruetzemacher · UFC
0-1-0 Abner Lloveras · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40.1
AgeΔ 3.8 yrs
43.9
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
68"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
56
Layoff (months)Δ 71.8 mo
127.8
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Abner Lloveras absorbs 6.87 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Chris Gruetzemacher rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Abner Lloveras outworks the Lightweight division — 6.27 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 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 Gruetzemacher

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

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Abner Lloveras

Full career not yet synced for Abner Lloveras — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4516.18/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
946.27/min · norm 3.42
3624.96/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1036.87/min · norm 3.37
57.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.7%norm 43.5%
52.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chris Gruetzemacher

Distance 76.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

Abner Lloveras

Distance 85.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 14.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chris Gruetzemacher

Head 68.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 7.9%)

Abner Lloveras

Head 75.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gruetzemacher L/AAccLightweight med Lloveras L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 607 50.9% 37.9% 76 / 162 46.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 113 / 144 78.5% 67.3% 18 / 27 66.7% 67.3%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 539 43.2% 35.0% 55 / 143 38.5% 35.0%
To the body 129 / 154 83.8% 69.1% 33 / 40 82.5% 69.1%
To the legs 89 / 97 91.8% 81.9% 6 / 6 too few to rate 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 Gruetzemacher L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Lloveras L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 627 43.9% 38.9% 81 / 149 54.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 59 / 99 59.6% 68.6% 22 / 31 71.0% 68.6%
On the ground 28 / 42 66.7% 68.0% 0 / 2 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 269 / 646 41.6% 35.1% 42 / 111 37.8% 35.1%
To the body 67 / 92 72.8% 68.1% 22 / 30 73.3% 68.1%
To the legs 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5% 39 / 41 95.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
220.0% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.38
2965.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 64.0%
5:147.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
2:5319.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
24:114:58 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
0:300:30 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · 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 — Gruetzemacher has more cage time on record.

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