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Mateusz Gamrot vs.
Esteban Ribovics

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

9-4-0 Mateusz Gamrot · UFC
4-3-0 Esteban Ribovics · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-4-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
35.7
AgeΔ 5.4 yrs
30.3
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
3.8
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Mateusz Gamrot hunts takedowns — 5.22 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Esteban Ribovics outworks the Lightweight division — 7.24 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Esteban Ribovics rarely shoots — 0.35 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Mateusz Gamrot

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 160

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.38 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.6 wins over .500

Esteban Ribovics

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 53
Tier 3 — regional circuit 100

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4983.21/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
6157.24/min · norm 3.42
4352.81/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4935.80/min · norm 3.37
51.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
43.2%norm 43.5%
60.1%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.1%norm 56.3%
10.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.35/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mateusz Gamrot

Distance 82.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 13.4% (norm 8.0%)

Esteban Ribovics

Distance 96.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mateusz Gamrot

Head 85.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Esteban Ribovics

Head 85.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gamrot L/AAccLightweight med Ribovics L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 375 / 800 46.9% 37.9% 576 / 1370 42.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 32 / 37 86.5% 67.3% 14 / 19 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 91 / 129 70.5% 69.1% 25 / 34 73.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 382 / 822 46.5% 35.0% 460 / 1218 37.8% 35.0%
To the body 68 / 93 73.1% 69.1% 101 / 140 72.1% 69.1%
To the legs 48 / 51 94.1% 81.9% 54 / 65 83.1% 81.9%

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 (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Gamrot L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ribovics L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 378 / 1020 37.1% 38.9% 464 / 1040 44.6% 38.9%
In the clinch 23 / 32 71.9% 68.6% 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 34 / 38 89.5% 68.0% 16 / 18 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 221 / 776 28.5% 35.1% 361 / 906 39.8% 35.1%
To the body 151 / 232 65.1% 68.1% 97 / 133 72.9% 68.1%
To the legs 63 / 82 76.8% 81.5% 35 / 36 97.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5438.6% acc · 5.22/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 0.35/15 · norm 1.38
1083.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3766.1% def · norm 64.0%
50:1032.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
2:513.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
8:260:48 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
21:533:51 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.19/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.49

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

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