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Noad Lahat vs.
Godofredo Pepey

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

2-2-0 Noad Lahat · UFC
5-6-0 Godofredo Pepey · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-2-0
UFC record
5-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.2
AgeΔ 3.1 yrs
39.1
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 4"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
126
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
102.3
LWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Noad Lahat is a submission threat — 2.37 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Godofredo Pepey is a submission threat — 1.47 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Noad Lahat hunts takedowns — 2.37 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Noad Lahat

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Godofredo Pepey

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

In the UFC: 1-3 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

1062.79/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1892.32/min · norm 3.54
561.47/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2633.23/min · norm 3.47
46.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.2%norm 45.0%
63.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
47.8%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.29

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

Noad Lahat

Distance 66.4% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 18.1% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 15.5% (norm 6.5%)

Godofredo Pepey

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 6.5%)

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

Noad Lahat

Head 78.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.8%)

Godofredo Pepey

Head 84.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.7% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lahat L/AAccFeatherweight med Pepey L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 150 34.0% 40.9% 130 / 409 31.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 30 / 41 73.2% 70.8% 25 / 32 78.1% 70.8%
On the ground 25 / 35 71.4% 69.2% 34 / 54 63.0% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 177 41.2% 37.2% 135 / 420 32.1% 37.2%
To the body 15 / 26 57.7% 68.2% 27 / 42 64.3% 68.2%
To the legs 18 / 23 too few to rate 80.7% 27 / 33 81.8% 80.7%

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: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Lahat L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pepey L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 44 / 130 33.8% 39.2% 143 / 348 41.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 6 / 13 too few to rate 70.3% 24 / 32 75.0% 70.3%
On the ground 6 / 12 too few to rate 69.4% 96 / 124 77.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 129 31.0% 35.9% 199 / 419 47.5% 35.9%
To the body 8 / 17 too few to rate 67.9% 40 / 57 70.2% 67.9%
To the legs 8 / 9 too few to rate 81.5% 24 / 28 85.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

626.1% acc · 2.37/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
27.4% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.19
116.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
735.0% def · norm 61.5%
11:3630.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:0713.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
9:593:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
29:465:28 per 15 · norm 3:12
62.37/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
81.47/15 · norm 0.46

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

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