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Erik Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 11-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
38
AgeΔ 6 yrs
44
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
86.8
Layoff (months)Δ 13.1 mo
73.7
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Erik Koch is a submission threat — 0.92 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Ricardo Lamas is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Ricardo Lamas hunts takedowns — 1.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Erik Koch

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 55
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Ricardo Lamas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2352.40/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
6003.43/min · norm 3.52
3303.37/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5503.14/min · norm 3.50
40.4%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
49.5%norm 44.7%
49.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 54.8%
20.31/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

Erik Koch

Distance 79.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.0%)

Ricardo Lamas

Distance 78.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Erik Koch

Head 85.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.2% (norm 8.0%)

Ricardo Lamas

Head 66.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Koch L/AAccLightweight med Lamas L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 143 / 464 30.8% 38.3% 392 / 951 41.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 45 / 59 76.3% 67.5% 110 / 123 89.4% 70.5%
On the ground 47 / 59 79.7% 68.8% 98 / 137 71.5% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 167 / 498 33.5% 35.1% 295 / 807 36.6% 37.1%
To the body 40 / 48 83.3% 69.1% 125 / 155 80.6% 68.0%
To the legs 28 / 36 77.8% 81.8% 180 / 249 72.3% 80.3%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Koch L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Lamas L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 393 35.6% 38.8% 406 / 1077 37.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 84 / 108 77.8% 68.6% 95 / 135 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 106 / 148 71.6% 68.0% 49 / 59 83.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 189 / 449 42.1% 35.2% 357 / 994 35.9% 35.9%
To the body 88 / 127 69.3% 68.2% 120 / 180 66.7% 68.0%
To the legs 53 / 73 72.6% 81.5% 73 / 97 75.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
743.8% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
2130.9% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.17
5086.2% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1341.9% def · norm 61.5%
20:3321.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
40:0522.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
36:055:31 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
38:043:15 per 15 · norm 3:11
60.92/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
100.86/15 · norm 0.45

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