Manvel Gamburyan vs. Thiago Tavares
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Manvel Gamburyan
Full career not yet synced for Manvel Gamburyan — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Thiago Tavares
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 9 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 35 documented bouts
In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Manvel Gamburyan
Distance 74.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 6.5%)
Thiago Tavares
Distance 75.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Manvel Gamburyan
Head 81.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.9%)
Thiago Tavares
Head 82.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Gamburyan L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Tavares L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 177 / 527 | 33.6% | 40.5% | 209 / 618 | 33.8% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 66 / 96 | 68.8% | 70.5% | 30 / 53 | 56.6% | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 39 / 86 | 45.3% | 69.3% | 90 / 149 | 60.4% | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 180 / 574 | 31.4% | 37.1% | 229 / 680 | 33.7% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 46 / 67 | 68.7% | 68.0% | 76 / 106 | 71.7% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 56 / 68 | 82.4% | 80.3% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 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 (Featherweight: 127 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 Gamburyan L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Tavares L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 290 / 771 | 37.6% | 39.3% | 224 / 783 | 28.6% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 106 / 144 | 73.6% | 70.3% | 59 / 97 | 60.8% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 55 / 80 | 68.8% | 69.4% | 96 / 139 | 69.1% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 259 / 756 | 34.3% | 35.9% | 243 / 834 | 29.1% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 83 / 108 | 76.9% | 68.0% | 69 / 102 | 67.6% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 109 / 131 | 83.2% | 81.5% | 67 / 83 | 80.7% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Tavares has more cage time on record.