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Ricardo Lamas vs. Charles Oliveira

UFC 11-6-0 vs. 25-11-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-6-0
UFC record
25-11-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
44
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
73.7
Layoff (months)Δ 66.2 mo
7.5
WLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Charles Oliveira is a submission threat — 2.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Ricardo Lamas is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Charles Oliveira owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ricardo Lamas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 116
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

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

Charles Oliveira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2511
Tier 3 — regional circuit 80

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.52 · 25 tier-1/2 wins · 28 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 19-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6003.43/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9543.23/min · norm 3.44
5503.14/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
9003.05/min · norm 3.38
49.5%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
55.6%norm 43.65%
56.7%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
49.0%norm 56.3%
20.17/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
80.41/15 · norm 0.25

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

Ricardo Lamas

Distance 78.5% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)

Charles Oliveira

Distance 69.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 16.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Ricardo Lamas

Head 66.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.9%)

Charles Oliveira

Head 68.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

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 Oliveira L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 392 / 951 41.2% 40.5% 560 / 1199 46.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 110 / 123 89.4% 70.5% 173 / 231 74.9% 67.5%
On the ground 98 / 137 71.5% 69.3% 221 / 285 77.5% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 295 / 807 36.6% 37.1% 565 / 1182 47.8% 35.1%
To the body 125 / 155 80.6% 68.0% 246 / 357 68.9% 69.1%
To the legs 180 / 249 72.3% 80.3% 143 / 176 81.2% 81.8%

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: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Oliveira L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 406 / 1077 37.7% 39.3% 615 / 1341 45.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 95 / 135 70.4% 70.3% 72 / 105 68.6% 68.6%
On the ground 49 / 59 83.1% 69.4% 213 / 317 67.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 357 / 994 35.9% 35.9% 658 / 1421 46.3% 35.2%
To the body 120 / 180 66.7% 68.0% 168 / 240 70.0% 68.2%
To the legs 73 / 97 75.3% 81.5% 74 / 102 72.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2130.9% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
4539.8% acc · 2.29/15 · norm 1.34
1341.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2854.9% def · norm 63.7%
40:0522.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
102:0334.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
38:043:15 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
83:194:14 per 15 · norm 2:50
100.86/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
512.59/15 · norm 0.48

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