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Michel Quinones vs. Jared Gordon

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 9-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
9-8-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41
AgeΔ 3 yrs
38
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 5"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
107.3
Layoff (months)Δ 101.9 mo
5.4
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Michel Quinones rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Jared Gordon owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Michel Quinones absorbs 5.98 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Michel Quinones

Full career not yet synced for Michel Quinones — 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

Jared Gordon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

712.91/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
10505.57/min · norm 3.44
1465.98/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7754.11/min · norm 3.38
29.7%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
53.7%norm 43.65%
48.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Michel Quinones

Distance 99.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

Jared Gordon

Distance 78.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Michel Quinones

Head 66.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.1% (norm 8.0%)

Jared Gordon

Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Quinones L/AAccLightweight med Gordon L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 70 / 237 29.5% 38.3% 737 / 1538 47.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 67.5% 127 / 168 75.6% 67.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8% 186 / 248 75.0% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 158 12.0% 35.1% 778 / 1594 48.8% 35.1%
To the body 13 / 33 39.4% 69.1% 173 / 245 70.6% 69.1%
To the legs 39 / 48 81.2% 81.8% 99 / 115 86.1% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Quinones L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gordon L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 224 46.4% 38.8% 618 / 1548 39.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 6 / 7 too few to rate 68.6% 99 / 128 77.3% 68.6%
On the ground 36 / 51 70.6% 68.0% 58 / 65 89.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 99 / 215 46.0% 35.2% 533 / 1430 37.3% 35.2%
To the body 20 / 31 64.5% 68.2% 159 / 219 72.6% 68.2%
To the legs 27 / 36 75.0% 81.5% 83 / 92 90.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
2434.8% acc · 1.91/15 · norm 1.34
436.4% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2660.5% def · norm 63.7%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
63:4233.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
5:233:18 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
22:301:47 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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