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Diego Rivas vs.
Noad Lahat

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

2-2-0 Diego Rivas · UFC
2-2-0 Noad Lahat · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.7
AgeΔ 7.5 yrs
42.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
69"
ReachΔ 0"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
98.6
Layoff (months)Δ 27.4 mo
126
LLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWL
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.

Noad Lahat is a submission threat — 2.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Diego Rivas is a submission threat — 0.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Noad Lahat hunts takedowns — 2.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Diego Rivas

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Noad Lahat

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

691.37/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1062.79/min · norm 3.54
1082.14/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
561.47/min · norm 3.47
40.4%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 45.0%
52.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
63.9%norm 54.85%
10.30/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Diego Rivas

Distance 80.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 6.5%)

Noad Lahat

Distance 66.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 18.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Diego Rivas

Head 67.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Noad Lahat

Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rivas L/AAccBantamweight med Lahat L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 137 30.7% 39.0% 51 / 150 34.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 16 / 18 too few to rate 68.7% 30 / 41 73.2% 70.8%
On the ground 11 / 16 too few to rate 70.2% 25 / 35 71.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 116 31.0% 34.9% 73 / 177 41.2% 37.2%
To the body 15 / 33 45.5% 66.8% 15 / 26 57.7% 68.2%
To the legs 18 / 22 too few to rate 79.4% 18 / 23 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Rivas L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Lahat L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 71 / 170 41.8% 39.3% 44 / 130 33.8% 39.2%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 70.4% 6 / 13 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 26 / 35 74.3% 72.4% 6 / 12 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 57 / 160 35.6% 34.9% 40 / 129 31.0% 35.9%
To the body 27 / 41 65.9% 66.0% 8 / 17 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 24 / 24 too few to rate 79.1% 8 / 9 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

660.0% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
626.1% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.19
964.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
116.7% def · norm 61.5%
10:2220.6% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
11:3630.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
16:044:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
9:593:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
30.89/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
62.37/15 · norm 0.46

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

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