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Gabriel Bonfim vs.
Trevin Giles

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

7-1-0 Gabriel Bonfim · UFC
7-7-0 Trevin Giles · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-1-0
UFC record
7-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
29
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2
Layoff (months)Δ 19.1 mo
21.1
WWWWW
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.

Gabriel Bonfim is a submission threat — 0.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Gabriel Bonfim hunts takedowns — 2.52 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Trevin Giles defends head shots well — opponents land just 26%, vs a 38% 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.

Gabriel Bonfim

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.87 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Trevin Giles

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 77
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 60
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3904.69/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4873.17/min · norm 3.25
2963.56/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3672.39/min · norm 3.20
47.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
54.4%norm 47.4%
64.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 53.8%
10.18/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.29/15 · norm 0.32

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

Gabriel Bonfim

Distance 93.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 8.1%)

Trevin Giles

Distance 82.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Gabriel Bonfim

Head 76.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.7% (norm 8.4%)

Trevin Giles

Head 82.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bonfim L/AAccWelterweight med Giles L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 357 / 764 46.7% 38.6% 369 / 736 50.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 29 / 41 70.7% 67.8% 32 / 50 64.0% 70.3%
On the ground 4 / 12 too few to rate 67.2% 86 / 109 78.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 225 / 621 36.2% 37.2% 363 / 742 48.9% 38.9%
To the body 55 / 68 80.9% 70.7% 46 / 65 70.8% 71.7%
To the legs 110 / 128 85.9% 82.9% 78 / 88 88.6% 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 Bonfim L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Giles L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 256 / 771 33.2% 39.0% 316 / 801 39.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 30 / 42 71.4% 68.9% 27 / 38 71.1% 70.9%
On the ground 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 24 / 35 68.6% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 171 / 621 27.5% 35.6% 153 / 591 25.9% 37.9%
To the body 65 / 121 53.7% 69.6% 95 / 140 67.9% 71.3%
To the legs 60 / 86 69.8% 82.1% 119 / 143 83.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1451.9% acc · 2.52/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1150.0% acc · 1.07/15 · norm 1.42
1578.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3172.1% def · norm 63.1%
12:1014.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
27:4618.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
5:150:56 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
30:573:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.90/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
30.29/15 · norm 0.47

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

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