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Dalcha Lungiambula vs.
Dequan Townsend

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

2-5-0 Dalcha Lungiambula · UFC
0-4-0 Dequan Townsend · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
0-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
40.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 7"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
43.9
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
70.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLL
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.

Dequan Townsend rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Dequan Townsend is wasteful with head shots — only 19% land, vs a 39% Middleweight norm.
Dalcha Lungiambula hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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.

Dalcha Lungiambula

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Dequan Townsend

Full career not yet synced for Dequan Townsend — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2153.07/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
601.23/min · norm 3.25
2753.93/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1923.92/min · norm 3.20
45.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
34.9%norm 47.4%
53.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
38.7%norm 53.8%
10.21/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dalcha Lungiambula

Distance 71.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 10.3%)

Dequan Townsend

Distance 84.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 10.3%)

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

Dalcha Lungiambula

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Dequan Townsend

Head 73.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 22.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lungiambula L/AAccMiddleweight med Townsend L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 339 34.8% 40.5% 36 / 145 24.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 45 / 72 62.5% 70.3% 21 / 24 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 52 / 66 78.8% 69.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 141 / 377 37.4% 38.9% 24 / 126 19.0% 38.9%
To the body 60 / 83 72.3% 71.7% 30 / 39 76.9% 71.7%
To the legs 14 / 17 too few to rate 83.3% 6 / 7 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Lungiambula L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Townsend L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 191 / 461 41.4% 39.5% 77 / 160 48.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 50 / 74 67.6% 70.9% 36 / 50 72.0% 70.9%
On the ground 34 / 50 68.0% 69.0% 79 / 103 76.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 164 / 435 37.7% 37.9% 123 / 232 53.0% 37.9%
To the body 85 / 116 73.3% 71.3% 47 / 58 81.0% 71.3%
To the legs 26 / 34 76.5% 82.1% 22 / 23 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1045.5% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
777.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 63.1%
19:0927.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:240.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:152:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
29:409:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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