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Quang Le vs.
Gaston Bolanos

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

1-3-0 Quang Le · UFC
3-2-0 Gaston Bolanos · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
3-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
34.8
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
33.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
10.7
Layoff (months)Δ 9.2 mo
1.5
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLW
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.

Quang Le hunts takedowns — 2.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Quang Le owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Gaston Bolanos rarely shoots — 0.75 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Quang Le

Full career not yet synced for Quang Le — 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 +1.2 wins over .500

Gaston Bolanos

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1022.82/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2363.91/min · norm 3.52
1664.59/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2143.54/min · norm 3.58
38.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
47.6%norm 43.4%
49.7%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Quang Le

Distance 94.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

Gaston Bolanos

Distance 86.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Quang Le

Head 81.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.4%)

Gaston Bolanos

Head 62.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Le L/AAccBantamweight med Bolanos L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 94 / 247 38.1% 39.0% 191 / 428 44.6% 39.0%
In the clinch 7 / 9 too few to rate 68.7% 10 / 13 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 6 too few to rate 70.2% 35 / 55 63.6% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 63 / 213 29.6% 34.9% 104 / 312 33.3% 34.9%
To the body 32 / 40 80.0% 66.8% 68 / 100 68.0% 66.8%
To the legs 7 / 9 too few to rate 79.4% 64 / 84 76.2% 79.4%

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 · Bantamweight: 117 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 Le L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Bolanos L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 152 / 308 49.4% 39.3% 187 / 437 42.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.4% 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 5 / 7 too few to rate 72.4% 14 / 19 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 241 42.7% 34.9% 171 / 412 41.5% 34.9%
To the body 14 / 24 too few to rate 66.0% 38 / 51 74.5% 66.0%
To the legs 49 / 65 75.4% 79.1% 5 / 10 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

733.3% acc · 2.90/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
375.0% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.12
4100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1250.0% def · norm 66.7%
10:0527.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
6:3110.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
1:250:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:535:11 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.41/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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