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Gauge Young vs. Thiago Moises

UFC 2-2-0 vs. 8-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-2-0
UFC record
8-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
26
AgeΔ 5 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
6.1
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Thiago Moises is a submission threat — 1.07 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Gauge Young outworks the Lightweight division — 7.53 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
Gauge Young absorbs 5.82 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Gauge Young

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Thiago Moises

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4527.53/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
4332.38/min · norm 3.44
3495.82/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8074.44/min · norm 3.38
52.4%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
42.5%norm 43.65%
54.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.6%norm 56.3%
10.25/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.08/15 · norm 0.25

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

Gauge Young

Distance 94.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.0%)

Thiago Moises

Distance 86.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Gauge Young

Head 68.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.3% (norm 8.0%)

Thiago Moises

Head 77.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Young L/AAccLightweight med Moises L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 420 / 810 51.9% 38.3% 326 / 882 37.0% 38.3%
In the clinch 18 / 26 69.2% 67.5% 25 / 36 69.4% 67.5%
On the ground 14 / 26 53.8% 68.8% 82 / 102 80.4% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 252 / 594 42.4% 35.1% 274 / 795 34.5% 35.1%
To the body 112 / 162 69.1% 69.1% 56 / 93 60.2% 69.1%
To the legs 88 / 106 83.0% 81.8% 103 / 132 78.0% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Young L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Moises L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 306 / 699 43.8% 38.8% 605 / 1372 44.1% 38.8%
In the clinch 41 / 58 70.7% 68.6% 78 / 106 73.6% 68.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 124 / 223 55.6% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 598 38.3% 35.2% 344 / 1119 30.7% 35.2%
To the body 69 / 97 71.1% 68.2% 256 / 352 72.7% 68.2%
To the legs 51 / 64 79.7% 81.5% 207 / 230 90.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
637.5% acc · 1.50/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1729.8% acc · 1.40/15 · norm 1.34
2887.5% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2152.5% def · norm 63.7%
7:3912.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
39:3821.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
4:301:07 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
40:313:20 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
131.07/15 · norm 0.48

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