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Chris Gruetzemacher vs. Abner Lloveras

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 4 yrs
44
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
68"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
—
58.5
Layoff (months)Δ 71.8 mo
130.3
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Abner Lloveras absorbs 6.87 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Chris Gruetzemacher rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Abner Lloveras outworks the Lightweight division — 6.27 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chris Gruetzemacher

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

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

Abner Lloveras

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2214

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.01 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4516.18/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
946.27/min · norm 3.44
3624.96/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1036.87/min · norm 3.38
57.1%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
49.7%norm 43.65%
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 83.1%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 8.0%)

Abner Lloveras

Distance 85.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 14.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chris Gruetzemacher

Head 68.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.0%)

Abner Lloveras

Head 75.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.0%)

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% 38.3% 76 / 162 46.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 113 / 144 78.5% 67.5% 18 / 27 66.7% 67.5%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 68.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 233 / 539 43.2% 35.1% 55 / 143 38.5% 35.1%
To the body 129 / 154 83.8% 69.1% 33 / 40 82.5% 69.1%
To the legs 89 / 97 91.8% 81.8% 6 / 6 too few to rate 81.8%

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 · Lightweight: 204 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% 38.8% 81 / 149 54.4% 38.8%
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% 35.2% 42 / 111 37.8% 35.2%
To the body 67 / 92 72.8% 68.2% 22 / 30 73.3% 68.2%
To the legs 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5% 39 / 41 95.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
220.0% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.34
2965.9% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.7%
5:147.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
2:5319.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
24:114:58 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:300:30 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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