Dan Ige vs.
Edson Barboza
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Dan Ige
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 10 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 3 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts
In the UFC: 9-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500
Edson Barboza
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 18 | 14 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts
In the UFC: 13-12 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Dan Ige
Distance 85.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 6.5%)
Edson Barboza
Distance 94.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Dan Ige
Head 78.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 7.8%)
Edson Barboza
Head 65.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ige L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Barboza L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 730 / 1769 | 41.3% | 40.9% | 1447 / 3362 | 43.0% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 73 / 116 | 62.9% | 70.8% | 79 / 97 | 81.4% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 130 / 177 | 73.4% | 69.2% | 60 / 92 | 65.2% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 607 / 1624 | 37.4% | 37.2% | 694 / 2329 | 29.8% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 210 / 301 | 69.8% | 68.2% | 500 / 720 | 69.4% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 116 / 137 | 84.7% | 80.7% | 392 / 502 | 78.1% | 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Ige L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Barboza L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 752 / 1866 | 40.3% | 39.2% | 1445 / 3555 | 40.6% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 98 / 136 | 72.1% | 70.3% | 76 / 116 | 65.5% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 105 / 163 | 64.4% | 69.4% | 271 / 373 | 72.7% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 686 / 1786 | 38.4% | 35.9% | 1302 / 3359 | 38.8% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 174 / 265 | 65.7% | 67.9% | 244 / 387 | 63.0% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 95 / 114 | 83.3% | 81.5% | 246 / 298 | 82.6% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Barboza has more cage time on record.