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Luan Lacerda vs.
Da'Mon Blackshear

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 Luan Lacerda · UFC
5-4-1 Da'Mon Blackshear · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
5-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
33.6
AgeΔ 1.6 yrs
32
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
12.4
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

Da'Mon Blackshear is a submission threat — 1.48 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Luan Lacerda hunts takedowns — 2.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Luan Lacerda is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight 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.

Luan Lacerda

Full career not yet synced for Luan Lacerda — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Da'Mon Blackshear

Full career not yet synced for Da'Mon Blackshear — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1944.06/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
4394.33/min · norm 3.52
2946.15/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4254.19/min · norm 3.58
42.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 43.4%
49.2%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
52.2%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Luan Lacerda

Distance 89.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.0% (norm 6.5%)

Da'Mon Blackshear

Distance 87.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Luan Lacerda

Head 66.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 30.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 8.4%)

Da'Mon Blackshear

Head 71.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lacerda L/AAccBantamweight med Blackshear L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 164 / 405 40.5% 39.0% 343 / 836 41.0% 39.0%
In the clinch 18 / 29 62.1% 68.7% 63 / 77 81.8% 68.7%
On the ground 12 / 18 too few to rate 70.2% 33 / 43 76.7% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 95 / 299 31.8% 34.9% 243 / 679 35.8% 34.9%
To the body 85 / 136 62.5% 66.8% 102 / 150 68.0% 66.8%
To the legs 14 / 17 too few to rate 79.4% 94 / 127 74.0% 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Lacerda L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Blackshear L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 235 / 488 48.2% 39.3% 337 / 770 43.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 28 / 51 54.9% 70.4% 52 / 67 77.6% 70.4%
On the ground 31 / 40 77.5% 72.4% 36 / 52 69.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 185 / 433 42.7% 34.9% 230 / 636 36.2% 34.9%
To the body 68 / 99 68.7% 66.0% 122 / 172 70.9% 66.0%
To the legs 41 / 47 87.2% 79.1% 73 / 81 90.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

939.1% acc · 2.82/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1033.3% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.12
466.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2071.4% def · norm 66.7%
11:1223.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
23:2323.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
4:331:25 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
18:112:41 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.63/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
101.48/15 · norm 0.28

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

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