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Douglas Silva de Andrade vs.
Cody Gibson

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

7-7-0 Douglas Silva de Andrade · UFC
3-8-0 Cody Gibson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-7-0
UFC record
3-8-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
41.1
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
38.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.2
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
0.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Cody Gibson is a submission threat — 0.94 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Douglas Silva de Andrade carries real power — 0.54 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Cody Gibson hunts takedowns — 2.01 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Douglas Silva de Andrade

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 77
Tier 3 — regional circuit 220

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Cody Gibson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 38
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.41 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5933.54/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4033.59/min · norm 3.52
6854.09/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3843.42/min · norm 3.58
38.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 43.4%
56.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.6%
60.54/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.27/15 · norm 0.30

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

Douglas Silva de Andrade

Distance 95.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 6.5%)

Cody Gibson

Distance 80.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 16.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Douglas Silva de Andrade

Head 70.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Cody Gibson

Head 78.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Andrade L/AAccBantamweight med Gibson L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 548 / 1464 37.4% 39.0% 284 / 695 40.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 33 / 53 62.3% 68.7% 102 / 138 73.9% 68.7%
On the ground 12 / 19 too few to rate 70.2% 17 / 26 65.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 309 / 1086 28.5% 34.9% 269 / 678 39.7% 34.9%
To the body 136 / 241 56.4% 66.8% 88 / 126 69.8% 66.8%
To the legs 148 / 209 70.8% 79.4% 46 / 55 83.6% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Andrade L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Gibson L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 548 / 1388 39.5% 39.3% 269 / 677 39.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 50 / 73 68.5% 70.4% 82 / 124 66.1% 70.4%
On the ground 87 / 119 73.1% 72.4% 33 / 49 67.3% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 432 / 1245 34.7% 34.9% 265 / 685 38.7% 34.9%
To the body 164 / 232 70.7% 66.0% 65 / 98 66.3% 66.0%
To the legs 89 / 103 86.4% 79.1% 54 / 67 80.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

642.9% acc · 0.54/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1537.5% acc · 2.01/15 · norm 1.12
3871.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1768.0% def · norm 66.7%
9:375.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
27:0924.2% of cage time · norm 17.4%
18:491:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
28:393:49 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.18/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
70.94/15 · norm 0.28

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

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