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Darian Weeks vs. Yohan Lainesse

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
32
AgeΔ 2 yrs
34
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
49.3
Layoff (months)Δ 16.3 mo
33
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Darian Weeks hunts takedowns — 2.00 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Darian Weeks absorbs 4.56 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Yohan Lainesse carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Darian Weeks

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Yohan Lainesse

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2024.49/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
662.18/min · norm 3.17
2054.56/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1063.49/min · norm 3.08
51.3%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.5%norm 44.75%
52.0%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.49/15 · norm 0.38

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

Darian Weeks

Distance 89.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 8.1%)

Yohan Lainesse

Distance 95.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 8.1%)

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

Darian Weeks

Head 61.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 8.0%)

Yohan Lainesse

Head 61.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 14.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 24.5% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Weeks L/AAccWelterweight med Lainesse L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 175 / 353 49.6% 38.5% 59 / 152 38.8% 38.5%
In the clinch 24 / 37 64.9% 67.8% 4 / 4 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 67.0% 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 243 38.3% 36.4% 27 / 97 27.8% 36.4%
To the body 55 / 82 67.1% 70.7% 16 / 23 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 54 / 69 78.3% 83.0% 23 / 39 59.0% 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Weeks L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lainesse L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 188 / 406 46.3% 39.1% 91 / 232 39.2% 39.1%
In the clinch 17 / 21 too few to rate 68.9% 7 / 13 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 8 / 13 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 112 / 311 36.0% 35.6% 48 / 176 27.3% 35.6%
To the body 47 / 59 79.7% 69.6% 27 / 42 64.3% 69.6%
To the legs 46 / 57 80.7% 82.2% 31 / 40 77.5% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
630.0% acc · 2.00/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.31
2100.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 63.9%
7:5917.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:596.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
1:170:25 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
4:472:21 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
10.49/15 · norm 0.44

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