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Don'Tale Mayes vs.
Ciryl Gane

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 (1 NC) Don'Tale Mayes · UFC
11-2-0 (1 NC) Ciryl Gane · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
11-2-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34.6
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
36.3
6'6"
HeightΔ 2"
6'4"
81"
ReachΔ 0"
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
15.1
Layoff (months)Δ 13.4 mo
1.7
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WNCWWL
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.

Ciryl Gane is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Ciryl Gane outworks the Heavyweight division — 5.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 norm.
Don'Tale Mayes's takedown defense leaks — 31% stopped, vs a 64% Heavyweight 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.

Don'Tale Mayes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.65 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Ciryl Gane

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 112
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.87 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4212.81/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
9835.40/min · norm 3.36
5353.57/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
4202.31/min · norm 3.19
41.2%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
61.7%norm 47.8%
47.6%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 52.5%
20.20/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
40.33/15 · norm 0.28

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

Don'Tale Mayes

Distance 91.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 9.3%)

Ciryl Gane

Distance 91.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Don'Tale Mayes

Head 72.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 17.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.6%)

Ciryl Gane

Head 58.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 21.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Mayes L/AAccHeavyweight med Gane L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 360 / 934 38.5% 40.1% 873 / 1460 59.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 50 / 68 73.5% 70.6% 68 / 79 86.1% 70.6%
On the ground 11 / 21 too few to rate 70.2% 42 / 54 77.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 231 / 743 31.1% 38.9% 438 / 935 46.8% 38.9%
To the body 121 / 182 66.5% 76.8% 261 / 339 77.0% 76.8%
To the legs 69 / 98 70.4% 87.8% 284 / 319 89.0% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Mayes L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Gane L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 376 / 795 47.3% 40.7% 397 / 1031 38.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 94 / 125 75.2% 70.6% 18 / 33 54.5% 70.6%
On the ground 65 / 101 64.4% 72.0% 5 / 9 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 323 / 760 42.5% 38.8% 172 / 727 23.7% 38.8%
To the body 127 / 159 79.9% 75.1% 95 / 148 64.2% 75.1%
To the legs 85 / 102 83.3% 84.4% 153 / 198 77.3% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

746.7% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
823.5% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 0.95
1031.3% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
847.1% def · norm 64.3%
19:3713.1% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
16:158.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
52:245:14 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
14:141:10 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
70.58/15 · norm 0.16

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

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