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Marcelo Guimaraes vs.
Hyun Gyu Lim

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

2-2-0 Marcelo Guimaraes · UFC
3-4-0 Hyun Gyu Lim · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
73"
ReachΔ 4"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
125
Layoff (months)Δ 18.6 mo
106.4
LWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Hyun Gyu Lim carries real power — 0.93 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Marcelo Guimaraes's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Hyun Gyu Lim rarely shoots — 0.23 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Marcelo Guimaraes

Full career not yet synced for Marcelo Guimaraes — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Hyun Gyu Lim

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2114.67/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2864.45/min · norm 3.17
1994.41/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3265.07/min · norm 3.06
52.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
41.0%norm 44.9%
62.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.93/15 · norm 0.38

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

Marcelo Guimaraes

Distance 86.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 10.3%)

Hyun Gyu Lim

Distance 93.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Marcelo Guimaraes

Head 54.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 31.5% (norm 8.4%)

Hyun Gyu Lim

Head 86.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Guimaraes L/AAccMiddleweight med Lim L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 168 / 353 47.6% 40.5% 252 / 654 38.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 42 / 51 82.4% 70.3% 15 / 21 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 1 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 19 / 22 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 222 28.4% 38.9% 213 / 600 35.5% 37.2%
To the body 36 / 56 64.3% 71.7% 45 / 62 72.6% 70.7%
To the legs 112 / 128 87.5% 83.3% 28 / 35 80.0% 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Guimaraes L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Lim L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 493 32.3% 39.5% 260 / 574 45.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 38 / 40 95.0% 70.9% 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.0% 53 / 78 67.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 424 29.0% 37.9% 184 / 482 38.2% 35.6%
To the body 32 / 56 57.1% 71.3% 32 / 43 74.4% 69.6%
To the legs 44 / 55 80.0% 82.1% 110 / 146 75.3% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

614.0% acc · 1.99/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.23/15 · norm 1.27
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1773.9% def · norm 63.9%
15:3534.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
1:182.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:170:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:062:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.23/15 · norm 0.45

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

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