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Rodrigo Damm vs. Ivan Jorge

UFC 3-4-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-4-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
46
AgeΔ 1 yrs
45
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
141.5
Layoff (months)Δ 6.4 mo
135.1
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ivan Jorge owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Rodrigo Damm absorbs 5.90 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Rodrigo Damm rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rodrigo Damm

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 95

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.27 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Ivan Jorge

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 256

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3463.86/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
1643.41/min · norm 3.44
5295.90/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1402.91/min · norm 3.38
36.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 43.65%
57.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Rodrigo Damm

Distance 97.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 8.0%)

Ivan Jorge

Distance 77.1% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 22.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Rodrigo Damm

Head 83.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.0%)

Ivan Jorge

Head 59.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 27.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Damm L/AAccLightweight med Jorge L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 332 / 923 36.0% 38.3% 106 / 256 41.4% 38.3%
In the clinch 11 / 17 too few to rate 67.5% 58 / 76 76.3% 67.5%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.8% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 792 31.1% 35.1% 64 / 196 32.7% 35.1%
To the body 40 / 69 58.0% 69.1% 62 / 90 68.9% 69.1%
To the legs 60 / 84 71.4% 81.8% 38 / 46 82.6% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Damm L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jorge L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 505 / 1213 41.6% 38.8% 95 / 282 33.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 18 / 31 58.1% 68.6% 41 / 59 69.5% 68.6%
On the ground 6 / 8 too few to rate 68.0% 4 / 8 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 331 / 969 34.2% 35.2% 103 / 294 35.0% 35.2%
To the body 99 / 159 62.3% 68.2% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.2%
To the legs 99 / 124 79.8% 81.5% 11 / 13 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
317.6% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
516.1% acc · 1.56/15 · norm 1.34
1191.7% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 63.7%
4:365.1% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
16:1833.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
3:200:33 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
2:110:40 per 15 · norm 2:50
20.33/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.62/15 · norm 0.48

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