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Gideon Ray vs.
David Loiseau

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

0-3-0 Gideon Ray · UFC
4-5-0 David Loiseau · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
4-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
53.2
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
46.6
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
236.8
Layoff (months)Δ 43 mo
193.8
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Gideon Ray's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
David Loiseau carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
David Loiseau rarely shoots — 0.43 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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.

Gideon Ray

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

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

David Loiseau

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

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

212.08/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1661.59/min · norm 3.25
262.58/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3803.64/min · norm 3.20
40.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.6%norm 47.4%
53.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
43.3%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.57/15 · norm 0.32

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

Gideon Ray

Distance 86.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 10.3%)

David Loiseau

Distance 52.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 22.6% (norm 10.3%)

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

Gideon Ray

Head 61.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 26.9% (norm 8.4%)

David Loiseau

Head 82.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ray L/AAccMiddleweight med Loiseau L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 45 31.1% 40.5% 52 / 195 26.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 6 / 6 too few to rate 70.3% 57 / 93 61.3% 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 57 / 84 67.9% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 6 / 32 18.8% 38.9% 121 / 308 39.3% 38.9%
To the body 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7% 26 / 40 65.0% 71.7%
To the legs 10 / 14 too few to rate 83.3% 19 / 24 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Ray L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Loiseau L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 28 25.0% 39.5% 123 / 335 36.7% 39.5%
In the clinch 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.9% 133 / 175 76.0% 70.9%
On the ground 15 / 24 too few to rate 69.0% 124 / 160 77.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 23 / 51 45.1% 37.9% 198 / 458 43.2% 37.9%
To the body 2 / 3 too few to rate 71.3% 141 / 162 87.0% 71.3%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.1% 41 / 50 82.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1100.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.42
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1236.4% def · norm 63.1%
0:355.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
14:2713.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
3:184:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
46:146:38 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.47

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

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