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Louis Gaudinot vs.
Tim Elliott

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

1-3-0 (1 NC) Louis Gaudinot · UFC
10-12-0 Tim Elliott · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-12-0
Flyweight
Division (benchmark)
Flyweight
41.9
AgeΔ 2.3 yrs
39.6
5'3"
HeightΔ 4"
5'7"
63"
ReachΔ 3"
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
139.1
Layoff (months)Δ 135.9 mo
3.2
LNCLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Tim Elliott hunts takedowns — 3.61 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.30 Flyweight norm.
Louis Gaudinot absorbs 6.42 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.24 Flyweight norm — hittable.
Louis Gaudinot is a submission threat — 1.13 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.58 Flyweight 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.

Louis Gaudinot

Full career not yet synced for Louis Gaudinot — 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 +0.4 wins over .500

Tim Elliott

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1012
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1242.34/min · norm 3.49
Sig. strikes landed
9483.51/min · norm 3.49
3416.42/min · norm 3.24
Sig. strikes absorbed
8103.00/min · norm 3.24
37.3%norm 44.6%
Striking accuracy
43.4%norm 44.6%
48.6%norm 56.4%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 56.4%
00.00/15 · norm 0.18
Knockdowns
20.11/15 · norm 0.18

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

Louis Gaudinot

Distance 85.5% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 8.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 7.3%)

Tim Elliott

Distance 78.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 11.4% (norm 7.3%)

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

Louis Gaudinot

Head 75.9% (norm 75.9%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 9.3%)

Tim Elliott

Head 71.4% (norm 75.9%) · Body 15.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 9.3%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gaudinot L/AAccFlyweight med Elliott L/AAccFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 284 34.9% 40.0% 627 / 1716 36.5% 40.0%
In the clinch 13 / 28 46.4% 70.4% 155 / 218 71.1% 70.4%
On the ground 12 / 20 too few to rate 69.7% 166 / 248 66.9% 69.7%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 252 29.4% 37.6% 548 / 1559 35.2% 37.6%
To the body 20 / 36 55.6% 68.5% 185 / 342 54.1% 68.5%
To the legs 30 / 44 68.2% 80.0% 215 / 281 76.5% 80.0%

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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Flyweight: 73 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 Gaudinot L/AOpp accFlyweight med vs Elliott L/AOpp accFlyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 421 42.5% 40.1% 673 / 1652 40.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 44 / 53 83.0% 68.8% 84 / 130 64.6% 68.8%
On the ground 118 / 190 62.1% 71.1% 53 / 74 71.6% 71.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 223 / 509 43.8% 35.2% 581 / 1553 37.4% 35.2%
To the body 90 / 124 72.6% 68.2% 152 / 210 72.4% 68.2%
To the legs 28 / 31 90.3% 80.3% 77 / 93 82.8% 80.3%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 0.57/15 · norm 1.30
Takedowns landed
6545.5% acc · 3.61/15 · norm 1.30
531.3% def · norm 62.5%
Takedowns stopped
3859.4% def · norm 62.5%
4:027.6% of cage time · norm 17.0%
Control time
80:4529.9% of cage time · norm 17.0%
21:206:01 per 15 · norm 2:44
Time under control
58:323:15 per 15 · norm 2:44
41.13/15 · norm 0.58
Submission attempts
191.06/15 · norm 0.58

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

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