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Punahele Soriano vs. Dalcha Lungiambula

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33
AgeΔ 6 yrs
39
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 44.8 mo
46.3
LWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Punahele Soriano carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Dalcha Lungiambula hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Punahele Soriano hunts takedowns — 2.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Punahele Soriano

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 94
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.53 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Dalcha Lungiambula

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5054.15/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
2153.07/min · norm 3.23
4493.69/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2753.93/min · norm 3.20
52.7%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 47.4%
46.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.0%norm 53.8%
60.74/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Punahele Soriano

Distance 64.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 29.5% (norm 10.0%)

Dalcha Lungiambula

Distance 71.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 10.0%)

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

Punahele Soriano

Head 85.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.6% (norm 8.4%)

Dalcha Lungiambula

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Soriano L/AAccMiddleweight med Lungiambula L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 231 / 617 37.4% 40.5% 118 / 339 34.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 46 / 59 78.0% 70.6% 45 / 72 62.5% 70.6%
On the ground 228 / 283 80.6% 69.4% 52 / 66 78.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 400 / 816 49.0% 38.8% 141 / 377 37.4% 38.8%
To the body 94 / 128 73.4% 71.6% 60 / 83 72.3% 71.6%
To the legs 11 / 15 too few to rate 83.3% 14 / 17 too few to rate 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Soriano L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Lungiambula L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 376 / 743 50.6% 39.5% 191 / 461 41.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 57 / 75 76.0% 70.4% 50 / 74 67.6% 70.4%
On the ground 16 / 16 too few to rate 69.0% 34 / 50 68.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 236 / 584 40.4% 37.9% 164 / 435 37.7% 37.9%
To the body 147 / 180 81.7% 71.3% 85 / 116 73.3% 71.3%
To the legs 66 / 70 94.3% 82.1% 26 / 34 76.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1744.7% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1045.5% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 1.35
2150.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 63.3%
36:0929.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
19:0927.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
19:132:22 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
12:152:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
20.25/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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