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Rodrigo Damm vs.
Ivan Jorge

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

3-4-0 Rodrigo Damm · UFC
2-2-0 Ivan Jorge · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
46.5
AgeΔ 0.8 yrs
45.7
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
139.1
Layoff (months)Δ 6.5 mo
132.6
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLW
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.

Rodrigo Damm absorbs 5.90 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Ivan Jorge owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Rodrigo Damm rarely shoots — 0.50 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight 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.

Rodrigo Damm

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

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

Ivan Jorge

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3463.86/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1643.41/min · norm 3.42
5295.90/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1402.91/min · norm 3.37
36.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
49.4%norm 43.5%
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 82.8%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.5% (norm 8.0%)

Ivan Jorge

Distance 77.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 22.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Rodrigo Damm

Head 83.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 7.9%)

Ivan Jorge

Head 59.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 27.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.9% (norm 7.9%)

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% 37.9% 106 / 256 41.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 11 / 17 too few to rate 67.3% 58 / 76 76.3% 67.3%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 246 / 792 31.1% 35.0% 64 / 196 32.7% 35.0%
To the body 40 / 69 58.0% 69.1% 62 / 90 68.9% 69.1%
To the legs 60 / 84 71.4% 81.9% 38 / 46 82.6% 81.9%

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: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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% 38.9% 95 / 282 33.7% 38.9%
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% 35.1% 103 / 294 35.0% 35.1%
To the body 99 / 159 62.3% 68.1% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.1%
To the legs 99 / 124 79.8% 81.5% 11 / 13 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

317.6% acc · 0.50/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
516.1% acc · 1.56/15 · norm 1.38
1191.7% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
375.0% def · norm 64.0%
4:365.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
16:1833.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
3:200:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
2:110:40 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.33/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
20.62/15 · norm 0.49

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

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