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Neil Magny 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.

24-13-0 Neil Magny · 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.

24-13-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
7.8
Layoff (months)Δ 98.6 mo
106.4
LWWLL
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.
Hyun Gyu Lim rarely shoots — 0.23 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Neil Magny hunts takedowns — 2.17 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.

Neil Magny

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2413
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 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

15063.40/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
2864.45/min · norm 3.17
10802.44/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3265.07/min · norm 3.06
46.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.0%norm 44.9%
51.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
51.4%norm 55.25%
20.07/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
40.93/15 · norm 0.38

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

Neil Magny

Distance 74.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.0% (norm 8.1%)

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)

Neil Magny

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (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 Magny L/AAccWelterweight med Lim L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 883 / 2407 36.7% 38.6% 252 / 654 38.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 270 / 354 76.3% 67.8% 15 / 21 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 353 / 451 78.3% 67.2% 19 / 22 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 1067 / 2629 40.6% 37.2% 213 / 600 35.5% 37.2%
To the body 282 / 374 75.4% 70.7% 45 / 62 72.6% 70.7%
To the legs 157 / 209 75.1% 82.9% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Magny L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lim L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 778 / 1776 43.8% 39.0% 260 / 574 45.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 98 / 171 57.3% 68.9% 13 / 19 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 204 / 293 69.6% 68.0% 53 / 78 67.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 626 / 1674 37.4% 35.6% 184 / 482 38.2% 35.6%
To the body 164 / 241 68.0% 69.6% 32 / 43 74.4% 69.6%
To the legs 290 / 325 89.2% 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.

6439.8% acc · 2.17/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.23/15 · norm 1.27
6255.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1773.9% def · norm 63.9%
94:3821.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:182.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
141:524:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
12:062:49 per 15 · norm 3:15
80.27/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.23/15 · norm 0.45

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

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