Gavin Tucker vs.
Diego Lopes
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Gavin Tucker
Full career not yet synced for Gavin Tucker — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500
Diego Lopes
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 4 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 21 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 36 documented bouts
In the UFC: 7-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.6 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Gavin Tucker
Distance 87.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 6.5%)
Diego Lopes
Distance 79.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 16.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Gavin Tucker
Head 77.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 16.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.8%)
Diego Lopes
Head 80.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Tucker L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Lopes L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 247 / 604 | 40.9% | 40.9% | 320 / 777 | 41.2% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 49 / 70 | 70.0% | 70.8% | 34 / 48 | 70.8% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 108 / 157 | 68.8% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 189 / 534 | 35.4% | 37.2% | 334 / 792 | 42.2% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 78 / 111 | 70.3% | 68.2% | 56 / 96 | 58.3% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 42 / 46 | 91.3% | 80.7% | 72 / 94 | 76.6% | 80.7% |
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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Tucker L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Lopes L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 140 / 465 | 30.1% | 39.2% | 456 / 927 | 49.2% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 65 / 95 | 68.4% | 70.3% | 27 / 33 | 81.8% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 96 / 147 | 65.3% | 69.4% | 65 / 78 | 83.3% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 192 / 554 | 34.7% | 35.9% | 433 / 876 | 49.4% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 96 / 134 | 71.6% | 67.9% | 38 / 61 | 62.3% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 13 / 19 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 77 / 101 | 76.2% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lopes has more cage time on record.