Payton Talbott vs.
Felipe Lima
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
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: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 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 +3.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Payton Talbott
Distance 74.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 6.5%)
Felipe Lima
Distance 90.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Payton Talbott
Head 81.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.0% (norm 8.4%)
Felipe Lima
Head 75.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 11.5% (norm 7.8%)
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 | 234 / 457 | 51.2% | 39.0% | 104 / 238 | 43.7% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 43 / 51 | 84.3% | 68.7% | 12 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 85 / 106 | 80.2% | 70.2% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 262 / 498 | 52.6% | 34.9% | 70 / 197 | 35.5% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 71 / 85 | 83.5% | 66.8% | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 29 / 31 | 93.5% | 79.4% | 21 / 30 | 70.0% | 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Talbott L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Lima L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 126 / 260 | 48.5% | 39.3% | 94 / 300 | 31.3% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 4 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 43 / 54 | 79.6% | 72.4% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 126 / 264 | 47.7% | 34.9% | 83 / 285 | 29.1% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 30 / 39 | 76.9% | 66.0% | 16 / 29 | 55.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 29 / 34 | 85.3% | 79.1% | 21 / 26 | 80.8% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Talbott has more cage time on record.