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Thales Leites vs.
Jack Hermansson

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

13-8-0 Thales Leites · UFC
11-8-0 Jack Hermansson · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

13-8-0
UFC record
11-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
44.9
AgeΔ 6.7 yrs
38.2
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
94.4
Layoff (months)Δ 86 mo
8.4
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Thales Leites is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jack Hermansson outworks the Middleweight division — 5.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Thales Leites owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

Thales Leites

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

In the UFC: 6-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Jack Hermansson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 70
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5622.13/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
10485.15/min · norm 3.25
7902.99/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7573.72/min · norm 3.20
40.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 47.4%
53.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 53.8%
40.23/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Thales Leites

Distance 80.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.5% (norm 10.3%)

Jack Hermansson

Distance 86.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Thales Leites

Head 83.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.5% (norm 8.4%)

Jack Hermansson

Head 73.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Leites L/AAccMiddleweight med Hermansson L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 383 / 1109 34.5% 40.5% 812 / 1997 40.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 60 / 105 57.1% 70.3% 77 / 104 74.0% 70.3%
On the ground 119 / 173 68.8% 69.1% 159 / 215 74.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 387 / 1162 33.3% 38.9% 591 / 1703 34.7% 38.9%
To the body 57 / 93 61.3% 71.7% 208 / 316 65.8% 71.7%
To the legs 118 / 132 89.4% 83.3% 249 / 297 83.8% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Leites L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hermansson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 584 / 1395 41.9% 39.5% 655 / 1614 40.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 92 / 130 70.8% 70.9% 44 / 64 68.8% 70.9%
On the ground 114 / 155 73.5% 69.0% 58 / 82 70.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 497 / 1321 37.6% 37.9% 544 / 1453 37.4% 37.9%
To the body 89 / 129 69.0% 71.3% 169 / 243 69.5% 71.3%
To the legs 204 / 230 88.7% 82.1% 44 / 64 68.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3727.4% acc · 2.10/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2029.9% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.42
430.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2180.8% def · norm 63.1%
79:0129.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
35:0317.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
35:332:01 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
21:371:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
201.14/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.37/15 · norm 0.47

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

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