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Kody Steele vs. Noah Gugnon

UFC 1-1-0 vs. 1-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-1-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31
AgeΔ 5 yrs
26
5'9"
Height
—
71"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
—
5.6
Layoff (months)Δ 3 mo
2.6
WL
Last 5 (newest first)
W

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Noah Gugnon is a submission threat — 11.11 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Noah Gugnon owns the mat — in control 49% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Kody Steele absorbs 6.65 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kody Steele

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Noah Gugnon

Full career not yet synced for Noah Gugnon — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

603.17/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
53.70/min · norm 3.44
1266.65/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
64.44/min · norm 3.38
28.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.65%
48.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
68.4%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kody Steele

Distance 98.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Noah Gugnon

Distance 81.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kody Steele

Head 92.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.0%)

Noah Gugnon

Head 63.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 36.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Steele L/AAccLightweight med Gugnon L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 59 / 206 28.6% 38.3% 5 / 9 too few to rate 38.3%
In the clinch 1 / 4 too few to rate 67.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8% 0 / 2 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 48 / 195 24.6% 35.1% 1 / 7 too few to rate 35.1%
To the body 10 / 11 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 2 / 4 too few to rate 81.8% 4 / 4 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Steele L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gugnon L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 126 / 243 51.9% 38.8% 6 / 18 too few to rate 38.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.6% 0 / 1 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 220 49.1% 35.2% 5 / 18 too few to rate 35.2%
To the body 4 / 9 too few to rate 68.2% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 14 / 14 too few to rate 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
240.0% acc · 1.58/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
0— def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.7%
1:509.7% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
0:4049.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
0:460:36 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.79/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
111.11/15 · norm 0.48

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