Kimo Leopoldo vs. Royce Gracie

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 8-1-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
8-1-1
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
58
AgeΔ 1 yrs
59
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
265.6
Layoff (months)Δ 23.3 mo
242.3
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LDWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kimo Leopoldo is a submission threat — 1.52 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Kimo Leopoldo owns the mat — in control 58% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Royce Gracie is a submission threat — 3.36 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kimo Leopoldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Royce Gracie

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

371.25/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
360.67/min · norm 1.46
802.70/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
601.12/min · norm 1.68
48.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 45.8%
36.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
41.2%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Kimo Leopoldo

Distance 51.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 40.3% (norm 9.3%)

Royce Gracie

Distance 48.0% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 30.7% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 21.3% (norm 28.7%)

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

Kimo Leopoldo

Head 89.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 7.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 7.6%)

Royce Gracie

Head 48.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 18.7% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 33.3% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Leopoldo L/AAccHeavyweight med Gracie L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 10 / 40 25.0% 40.1% 10 / 36 27.8% 27.8%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 70.6% 14 / 23 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 22 / 31 71.0% 70.2% 12 / 16 too few to rate 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 69 43.5% 38.9% 18 / 36 50.0% 39.3%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 76.8% 7 / 14 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 1 / 2 too few to rate 87.8% 11 / 25 44.0% 53.5%

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 · Open Weight: 11 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 Leopoldo L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Gracie L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 32 / 53 60.4% 40.7% 5 / 14 too few to rate 37.0%
In the clinch 24 / 33 72.7% 70.6% 7 / 9 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 24 / 39 61.5% 72.0% 48 / 79 60.8% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 54 / 92 58.7% 38.8% 40 / 79 50.6% 47.0%
To the body 13 / 15 too few to rate 75.1% 12 / 14 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 13 / 18 too few to rate 84.4% 8 / 9 too few to rate 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
440.0% acc · 2.03/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.15
480.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
1:5857.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 21.95%
0:090:04 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
3:250:57 per 15 · norm 0:39
31.52/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
123.36/15 · norm 1.34

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