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David Teymur vs.
Lando Vannata

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

5-1-0 David Teymur · UFC
4-8-2 Lando Vannata · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-1-0
UFC record
4-8-2
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
90.1
Layoff (months)Δ 86 mo
4.1
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

David Teymur carries real power — 0.71 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Lando Vannata carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Lando Vannata absorbs 4.71 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
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.

David Teymur

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Lando Vannata

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 48
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2994.69/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
7114.52/min · norm 3.42
2253.53/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
7414.71/min · norm 3.37
43.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.0%norm 43.5%
55.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.3%
30.71/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.48/15 · norm 0.25

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

David Teymur

Distance 93.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 8.0%)

Lando Vannata

Distance 89.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

David Teymur

Head 67.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 7.9%)

Lando Vannata

Head 67.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.3% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Teymur L/AAccLightweight med Vannata L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 270 / 646 41.8% 37.9% 617 / 1387 44.5% 37.9%
In the clinch 21 / 34 61.8% 67.3% 56 / 86 65.1% 67.3%
On the ground 8 / 12 too few to rate 69.1% 38 / 73 52.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 134 / 467 28.7% 35.0% 361 / 1042 34.6% 35.0%
To the body 61 / 104 58.7% 69.1% 179 / 283 63.3% 69.1%
To the legs 104 / 121 86.0% 81.9% 171 / 221 77.4% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Teymur L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Vannata L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 200 / 461 43.4% 38.9% 601 / 1434 41.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 23 / 42 54.8% 68.6% 90 / 111 81.1% 68.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 50 / 94 53.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 360 32.2% 35.1% 453 / 1235 36.7% 35.1%
To the body 65 / 91 71.4% 68.1% 147 / 237 62.0% 68.1%
To the legs 44 / 54 81.5% 81.5% 141 / 167 84.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

433.3% acc · 0.94/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1336.1% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 1.38
1477.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3666.7% def · norm 64.0%
2:504.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
11:397.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
2:010:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
20:141:55 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
30.29/15 · norm 0.49

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

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