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Denise Gomes vs.
Loma Lookboonmee

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

6-2-0 Denise Gomes · UFC
7-4-0 Loma Lookboonmee · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-2-0
UFC record
7-4-0
Women's Strawweight
Division (benchmark)
Women's Strawweight
26.6
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
30.5
5'2"
HeightΔ 1"
5'1"
63"
ReachΔ 2"
61"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
8.9
Layoff (months)Δ 6.7 mo
2.2
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Denise Gomes is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Women's Strawweight norm.
Loma Lookboonmee hunts takedowns — 1.76 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.10 Women's Strawweight norm.
Denise Gomes owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 19% Women's Strawweight 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.

Denise Gomes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 72
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Loma Lookboonmee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.92 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 2 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3564.02/min · norm 3.77
Sig. strikes landed
5193.58/min · norm 3.77
2723.07/min · norm 3.94
Sig. strikes absorbed
3552.45/min · norm 3.94
51.4%norm 44.5%
Striking accuracy
55.7%norm 44.5%
45.7%norm 54.4%
Striking defense
53.5%norm 54.4%
30.51/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Denise Gomes

Distance 72.1% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 17.5% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 5.0%)

Loma Lookboonmee

Distance 69.6% (norm 86.9%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 7.7%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 5.0%)

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

Denise Gomes

Head 63.6% (norm 76.4%) · Body 22.4% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 9.1%)

Loma Lookboonmee

Head 51.1% (norm 76.4%) · Body 35.9% (norm 14.9%) · Legs 13.0% (norm 9.1%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gomes L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med Lookboonmee L/AAccWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 215 / 499 43.1% 38.3% 296 / 648 45.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 91 / 121 75.2% 72.6% 187 / 233 80.3% 72.6%
On the ground 50 / 72 69.4% 75.0% 36 / 50 72.0% 75.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 173 / 440 39.3% 35.4% 191 / 476 40.1% 35.4%
To the body 110 / 155 71.0% 69.3% 232 / 334 69.5% 69.3%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 77.9% 96 / 121 79.3% 77.9%

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 (Women's Strawweight: 63 fighters · Women's Strawweight: 63 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 Gomes L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med vs Lookboonmee L/AOpp accWomen's Strawweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 182 / 373 48.8% 39.7% 223 / 571 39.1% 39.7%
In the clinch 60 / 83 72.3% 71.5% 105 / 151 69.5% 71.5%
On the ground 30 / 45 66.7% 74.4% 27 / 42 64.3% 74.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 305 40.3% 36.0% 217 / 556 39.0% 36.0%
To the body 90 / 114 78.9% 68.4% 87 / 126 69.0% 68.4%
To the legs 59 / 82 72.0% 79.1% 51 / 82 62.2% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1034.5% acc · 1.69/15 · norm 1.10
Takedowns landed
1750.0% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.10
2965.9% def · norm 64.1%
Takedowns stopped
3370.2% def · norm 64.1%
26:4930.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
21:0914.6% of cage time · norm 19.4%
24:334:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
48:084:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.85/15 · norm 0.29
Submission attempts
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

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