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Kaue Fernandes vs.
Guram Kutateladze

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

3-1-0 Kaue Fernandes · UFC
2-3-0 Guram Kutateladze · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-1-0
UFC record
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
34
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
11
Layoff (months)Δ 5.5 mo
16.5
WWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

Kaue Fernandes carries real power — 1.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Kaue Fernandes is hard to hit — absorbs 1.42 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.
Guram Kutateladze rarely shoots — 0.61 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 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.

Kaue Fernandes

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Guram Kutateladze

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 23
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.76 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1634.28/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
2593.53/min · norm 3.42
541.42/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3094.22/min · norm 3.37
55.4%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.0%norm 43.5%
62.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.3%
41.57/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.20/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kaue Fernandes

Distance 86.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

Guram Kutateladze

Distance 85.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 11.1% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kaue Fernandes

Head 65.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.7% (norm 7.9%)

Guram Kutateladze

Head 67.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 22.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Fernandes L/AAccLightweight med Kutateladze L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 136 / 253 53.8% 37.9% 191 / 490 39.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.3% 55 / 64 85.9% 67.3%
On the ground 20 / 32 62.5% 69.1% 13 / 21 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 191 40.8% 35.0% 119 / 390 30.5% 35.0%
To the body 33 / 45 73.3% 69.1% 91 / 128 71.1% 69.1%
To the legs 52 / 58 89.7% 81.9% 49 / 57 86.0% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Fernandes L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Kutateladze L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 42 / 123 34.1% 38.9% 252 / 597 42.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 8 / 11 too few to rate 68.6% 25 / 34 73.5% 68.6%
On the ground 4 / 10 too few to rate 68.0% 32 / 53 60.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 110 31.8% 35.1% 210 / 561 37.4% 35.1%
To the body 12 / 24 too few to rate 68.1% 61 / 76 80.3% 68.1%
To the legs 7 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 38 / 47 80.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3100.0% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
315.0% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.38
1076.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2775.0% def · norm 64.0%
3:329.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:139.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
8:433:25 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:182:43 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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