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Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs.
Ovince Saint Preux

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

11-7-0 Marcos Rogerio de Lima · UFC
15-13-0 Ovince Saint Preux · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-7-0
UFC record
15-13-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
41.1
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
43.3
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
29.6
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
22
WLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWL
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.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Ovince Saint Preux is a submission threat — 0.35 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight 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.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Ovince Saint Preux

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1513
Tier 3 — regional circuit 125

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3753.64/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
7933.08/min · norm 3.41
2522.45/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
9783.80/min · norm 3.35
59.6%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 48.3%
52.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
47.2%norm 52.9%
71.02/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
60.35/15 · norm 0.40

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)

Ovince Saint Preux

Distance 88.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 10.4%)

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)

Ovince Saint Preux

Head 74.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lima L/AAccHeavyweight med Preux L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 461 54.2% 40.1% 653 / 1526 42.8% 41.4%
In the clinch 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6% 75 / 112 67.0% 70.9%
On the ground 88 / 119 73.9% 70.2% 65 / 91 71.4% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 219 / 435 50.3% 38.9% 478 / 1290 37.1% 38.9%
To the body 65 / 87 74.7% 76.8% 218 / 312 69.9% 71.9%
To the legs 91 / 107 85.0% 87.8% 97 / 127 76.4% 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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Lima L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Preux L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 192 / 443 43.3% 40.7% 737 / 1531 48.1% 40.4%
In the clinch 28 / 34 82.4% 70.6% 148 / 204 72.5% 68.7%
On the ground 32 / 53 60.4% 72.0% 93 / 118 78.8% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 442 42.1% 38.8% 537 / 1249 43.0% 37.5%
To the body 45 / 62 72.6% 75.1% 217 / 316 68.7% 72.3%
To the legs 21 / 26 80.8% 84.4% 224 / 288 77.8% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1145.8% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1528.3% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 0.87
1266.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
5268.4% def · norm 66.7%
45:4944.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
29:3811.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
17:242:32 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
50:092:55 per 15 · norm 2:48
40.58/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
60.35/15 · norm 0.27

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

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