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Ricardo Lamas vs.
Bill Algeo

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

11-6-0 Ricardo Lamas · UFC
5-5-0 Bill Algeo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

11-6-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
44.2
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
71.2
Layoff (months)Δ 46.7 mo
24.5
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Ricardo Lamas is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Bill Algeo outworks the Featherweight division — 5.37 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Ricardo Lamas hunts takedowns — 1.80 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.

Ricardo Lamas

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

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Bill Algeo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 56
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 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

6003.43/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
6245.37/min · norm 3.54
5503.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
4633.99/min · norm 3.47
49.5%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
51.2%norm 45.0%
56.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
49.1%norm 54.85%
20.17/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.26/15 · norm 0.29

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

Ricardo Lamas

Distance 78.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)

Bill Algeo

Distance 87.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Ricardo Lamas

Head 66.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.8%)

Bill Algeo

Head 68.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 12.5% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lamas L/AAccFeatherweight med Algeo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 392 / 951 41.2% 40.9% 498 / 1062 46.9% 40.9%
In the clinch 110 / 123 89.4% 70.8% 63 / 83 75.9% 70.8%
On the ground 98 / 137 71.5% 69.2% 63 / 73 86.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 295 / 807 36.6% 37.2% 351 / 836 42.0% 37.2%
To the body 125 / 155 80.6% 68.2% 151 / 230 65.7% 68.2%
To the legs 180 / 249 72.3% 80.7% 122 / 152 80.3% 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 Lamas L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Algeo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 406 / 1077 37.7% 39.2% 378 / 797 47.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 95 / 135 70.4% 70.3% 47 / 64 73.4% 70.3%
On the ground 49 / 59 83.1% 69.4% 38 / 49 77.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 994 35.9% 35.9% 280 / 662 42.3% 35.9%
To the body 120 / 180 66.7% 67.9% 116 / 162 71.6% 67.9%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 81.5% 67 / 86 77.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2130.9% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
956.3% acc · 1.16/15 · norm 1.19
1341.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2853.8% def · norm 61.5%
40:0522.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
21:4918.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
38:043:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
27:163:31 per 15 · norm 3:12
100.86/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.13/15 · norm 0.46

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

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