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Dhiego Lima vs.
Court McGee

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

4-7-0 Dhiego Lima · UFC
11-13-0 Court McGee · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-7-0
UFC record
11-13-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 4 yrs
41
6'2"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
75"
ReachΔ 0"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.6
Layoff (months)Δ 47.9 mo
13.7
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Court McGee outworks the Welterweight division — 4.50 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Court McGee hunts takedowns — 1.78 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Dhiego Lima is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight 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.

Dhiego Lima

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Court McGee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1113
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2973.12/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
13644.50/min · norm 3.17
3703.88/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
11083.65/min · norm 3.06
39.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
36.9%norm 44.9%
58.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
61.0%norm 55.25%
20.31/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.15/15 · norm 0.38

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

Dhiego Lima

Distance 84.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 8.1%)

Court McGee

Distance 91.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Dhiego Lima

Head 80.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 8.4%)

Court McGee

Head 72.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lima L/AAccWelterweight med McGee L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 229 / 646 35.4% 38.6% 1158 / 3383 34.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 67.8% 83 / 154 53.9% 67.8%
On the ground 57 / 101 56.4% 67.2% 123 / 163 75.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 616 30.7% 37.2% 708 / 2670 26.5% 37.2%
To the body 49 / 75 65.3% 70.7% 311 / 592 52.5% 70.7%
To the legs 59 / 70 84.3% 82.9% 345 / 438 78.8% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Lima L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs McGee L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 761 35.7% 39.0% 981 / 2625 37.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 38 / 46 82.6% 68.9% 101 / 171 59.1% 68.9%
On the ground 60 / 79 75.9% 68.0% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 264 / 720 36.7% 35.6% 777 / 2363 32.9% 35.6%
To the body 60 / 107 56.1% 69.6% 212 / 333 63.7% 69.6%
To the legs 46 / 59 78.0% 82.1% 119 / 142 83.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

834.8% acc · 1.26/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3624.8% acc · 1.78/15 · norm 1.27
2573.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3470.8% def · norm 63.9%
14:0414.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
71:5123.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
22:383:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
15:210:45 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.63/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
90.45/15 · norm 0.45

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

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