Cody Gibson vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Cody Gibson
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 8 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 17 | 5 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 34 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500
Manvel Gamburyan
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 9 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.59 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Cody Gibson
Distance 80.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 6.5%)
Manvel Gamburyan
Distance 74.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Cody Gibson
Head 78.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)
Manvel Gamburyan
Head 81.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Gibson L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Gamburyan L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 284 / 695 | 40.9% | 39.0% | 177 / 527 | 33.6% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 102 / 138 | 73.9% | 68.7% | 66 / 96 | 68.8% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 17 / 26 | 65.4% | 70.2% | 39 / 86 | 45.3% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 269 / 678 | 39.7% | 34.9% | 180 / 574 | 31.4% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 88 / 126 | 69.8% | 66.8% | 46 / 67 | 68.7% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 46 / 55 | 83.6% | 79.4% | 56 / 68 | 82.4% | 80.7% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Gibson L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Gamburyan L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 269 / 677 | 39.7% | 39.3% | 290 / 771 | 37.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 82 / 124 | 66.1% | 70.4% | 106 / 144 | 73.6% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 33 / 49 | 67.3% | 72.4% | 55 / 80 | 68.8% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 265 / 685 | 38.7% | 34.9% | 259 / 756 | 34.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 65 / 98 | 66.3% | 66.0% | 83 / 108 | 76.9% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 54 / 67 | 80.6% | 79.1% | 109 / 131 | 83.2% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Gamburyan has more cage time on record.