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Mike Lullo vs. Edson Barboza

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 18-15-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
18-15-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
47
AgeΔ 7 yrs
40
5'8"
HeightΔ 3"
5'11"
—
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
181.1
Layoff (months)Δ 178.9 mo
2.2
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Edson Barboza carries real power — 0.62 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Mike Lullo's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Edson Barboza rarely shoots — 0.42 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mike Lullo

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Edson Barboza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1814
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-13 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

632.48/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
16164.15/min · norm 3.44
1234.84/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
18554.76/min · norm 3.38
36.2%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
44.7%norm 43.65%
40.3%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
160.62/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mike Lullo

Distance 87.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 12.1% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Edson Barboza

Distance 94.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mike Lullo

Head 60.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 28.2% (norm 7.9%)

Edson Barboza

Head 65.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lullo L/AAccFeatherweight med Barboza L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 46 / 153 30.1% 40.5% 1476 / 3425 43.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.5% 80 / 98 81.6% 67.5%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.3% 60 / 92 65.2% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 16 / 106 15.1% 37.1% 707 / 2371 29.8% 35.1%
To the body 10 / 19 too few to rate 68.0% 511 / 736 69.4% 69.1%
To the legs 37 / 49 75.5% 80.3% 398 / 508 78.3% 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 Lullo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Barboza L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 104 / 184 56.5% 39.3% 1494 / 3662 40.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.3% 90 / 134 67.2% 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.4% 271 / 374 72.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 36 / 111 32.4% 35.9% 1343 / 3460 38.8% 35.2%
To the body 27 / 30 90.0% 68.0% 254 / 398 63.8% 68.2%
To the legs 60 / 65 92.3% 81.5% 258 / 312 82.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
211.1% acc · 1.18/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1150.0% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.34
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
7673.1% def · norm 63.7%
4:5819.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
24:396.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
5:513:27 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
67:122:35 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.59/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.08/15 · norm 0.48

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