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Gilbert Burns vs.
Dan Moret

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

15-10-0 Gilbert Burns · UFC
0-3-0 Dan Moret · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-10-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3.6
Layoff (months)Δ 81.6 mo
85.2
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Last 5 (newest first)
LLL
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.

Gilbert Burns hunts takedowns — 2.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 51% of their head shots on Dan Moret, vs a 35% Lightweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Dan Moret owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight 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.

Gilbert Burns

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1510
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.2 wins over .500

Dan Moret

Full career not yet synced for Dan Moret — 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 +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9743.16/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
962.67/min · norm 3.42
11353.68/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1283.56/min · norm 3.37
48.1%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 43.5%
52.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
43.4%norm 56.3%
40.19/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Gilbert Burns

Distance 84.3% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.5% (norm 8.1%)

Dan Moret

Distance 71.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 24.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Gilbert Burns

Head 74.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.9% (norm 8.4%)

Dan Moret

Head 72.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Burns L/AAccWelterweight med Moret L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 1708 43.1% 38.6% 56 / 157 35.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 99 / 144 68.8% 67.8% 33 / 53 62.3% 67.3%
On the ground 138 / 173 79.8% 67.2% 7 / 9 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 571 / 1506 37.9% 37.2% 50 / 159 31.4% 35.0%
To the body 216 / 279 77.4% 70.7% 28 / 40 70.0% 69.1%
To the legs 187 / 240 77.9% 82.9% 18 / 20 too few to rate 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Burns L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Moret L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 957 / 2144 44.6% 39.0% 72 / 140 51.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 89 / 121 73.6% 68.9% 31 / 47 66.0% 68.6%
On the ground 89 / 126 70.6% 68.0% 25 / 39 64.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 766 / 1896 40.4% 35.6% 96 / 190 50.5% 35.1%
To the body 196 / 298 65.8% 69.6% 29 / 33 87.9% 68.1%
To the legs 173 / 197 87.8% 82.1% 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

4235.6% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
327.3% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.38
2253.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
545.5% def · norm 64.0%
70:2122.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
9:4527.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
36:521:47 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
14:356:04 per 15 · norm 2:46
90.44/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.42/15 · norm 0.49

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

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