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Dhiego Lima vs.
Eddie Gordon

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
1-3-0 Eddie Gordon · 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
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
37.5
AgeΔ 5.5 yrs
43
6'2"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
75"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.6
Layoff (months)Δ 71.7 mo
133.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW
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.

Eddie Gordon owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Dhiego Lima is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Eddie Gordon hunts takedowns — 1.93 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight 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

Eddie Gordon

Full career not yet synced for Eddie Gordon — 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

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
792.03/min · norm 3.25
3703.88/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1002.57/min · norm 3.20
39.0%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
32.6%norm 47.4%
58.2%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 53.8%
20.31/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.39/15 · norm 0.32

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%)

Eddie Gordon

Distance 84.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 10.3%)

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%)

Eddie Gordon

Head 98.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 1.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.4% (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 Gordon L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 229 / 646 35.4% 38.6% 54 / 205 26.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 11 / 14 too few to rate 67.8% 3 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 57 / 101 56.4% 67.2% 22 / 29 75.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 616 30.7% 37.2% 76 / 238 31.9% 38.9%
To the body 49 / 75 65.3% 70.7% 2 / 3 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 59 / 70 84.3% 82.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.3%

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 · Middleweight: 174 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 Gordon L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 272 / 761 35.7% 39.0% 71 / 217 32.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 38 / 46 82.6% 68.9% 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 60 / 79 75.9% 68.0% 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 264 / 720 36.7% 35.6% 73 / 216 33.8% 37.9%
To the body 60 / 107 56.1% 69.6% 21 / 27 77.8% 71.3%
To the legs 46 / 59 78.0% 82.1% 6 / 7 too few to rate 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
583.3% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.42
2573.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1463.6% def · norm 63.1%
14:0414.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:3134.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
22:383:33 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
10:534:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.63/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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