Payton Talbott vs. Felipe Lima
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Payton Talbott
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 6 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.85 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 4-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500
Felipe Lima
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Payton Talbott
Distance 74.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 17.8% (norm 6.4%)
Felipe Lima
Distance 93.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Payton Talbott
Head 81.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)
Felipe Lima
Head 77.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Talbott L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Lima L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 251 / 490 | 51.2% | 39.2% | 211 / 450 | 46.9% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 51 | 84.3% | 69.0% | 17 / 25 | 68.0% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 93 / 117 | 79.5% | 70.2% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 280 / 535 | 52.3% | 35.3% | 152 / 371 | 41.0% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 76 / 90 | 84.4% | 66.9% | 45 / 60 | 75.0% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 31 / 33 | 93.9% | 79.2% | 33 / 49 | 67.3% | 80.3% |
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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Talbott L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Lima L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 131 / 266 | 49.2% | 39.4% | 130 / 444 | 29.3% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 4 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 72.1% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 129 / 268 | 48.1% | 34.9% | 107 / 407 | 26.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 31 / 40 | 77.5% | 66.1% | 27 / 51 | 52.9% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 30 / 35 | 85.7% | 78.8% | 22 / 28 | 78.6% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Talbott has more cage time on record.