Jake Collier vs.
Gian Villante
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.
Jake Collier
Full career not yet synced for Jake Collier — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
Gian Villante
Full career not yet synced for Gian Villante — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Jake Collier
Distance 90.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 9.3%)
Gian Villante
Distance 93.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.4%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jake Collier
Head 81.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.1% (norm 7.6%)
Gian Villante
Head 79.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Collier L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Villante L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 738 / 1755 | 42.1% | 40.1% | 819 / 1968 | 41.6% | 41.4% |
| In the clinch | 94 / 146 | 64.4% | 70.6% | 52 / 73 | 71.2% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 30 / 46 | 65.2% | 70.2% | 52 / 68 | 76.5% | 72.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 574 / 1583 | 36.3% | 38.9% | 601 / 1686 | 35.6% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 169 / 226 | 74.8% | 76.8% | 134 / 205 | 65.4% | 71.9% |
| To the legs | 119 / 138 | 86.2% | 87.8% | 188 / 218 | 86.2% | 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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Collier L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Villante L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 594 / 1312 | 45.3% | 40.7% | 1095 / 2365 | 46.3% | 40.4% |
| In the clinch | 72 / 106 | 67.9% | 70.6% | 65 / 100 | 65.0% | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 88 / 114 | 77.2% | 72.0% | 14 / 30 | 46.7% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 545 / 1268 | 43.0% | 38.8% | 824 / 2038 | 40.4% | 37.5% |
| To the body | 151 / 193 | 78.2% | 75.1% | 181 / 265 | 68.3% | 72.3% |
| To the legs | 58 / 71 | 81.7% | 84.4% | 169 / 192 | 88.0% | 83.0% |
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 — Villante has more cage time on record.