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Tiki Ghosn vs.
Chris Lytle

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

0-4-0 Tiki Ghosn · UFC
10-10-0 Chris Lytle · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-4-0
UFC record
10-10-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
49.5
AgeΔ 2.5 yrs
52
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
268.1
Layoff (months)Δ 88.4 mo
179.7
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.

Chris Lytle is a submission threat — 2.15 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Tiki Ghosn rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Chris Lytle rarely shoots — 0.63 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Tiki Ghosn

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Chris Lytle

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

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

592.39/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8183.79/min · norm 3.17
732.96/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
6873.18/min · norm 3.06
44.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
44.0%norm 44.9%
52.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.0%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
20.14/15 · norm 0.38

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

Tiki Ghosn

Distance 71.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 28.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

Chris Lytle

Distance 84.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Tiki Ghosn

Head 58.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 23.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Lytle

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ghosn L/AAccWelterweight med Lytle L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 95 40.0% 38.6% 628 / 1574 39.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 21 / 38 55.3% 67.8% 164 / 242 67.8% 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 26 / 41 63.4% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 21 / 78 26.9% 37.2% 504 / 1451 34.7% 37.2%
To the body 21 / 31 67.7% 70.7% 246 / 321 76.6% 70.7%
To the legs 17 / 24 too few to rate 82.9% 68 / 85 80.0% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Ghosn L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lytle L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 41 / 111 36.9% 39.0% 450 / 1239 36.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 21 / 28 75.0% 68.9% 123 / 196 62.8% 68.9%
On the ground 11 / 15 too few to rate 68.0% 114 / 202 56.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 118 42.4% 35.6% 407 / 1280 31.8% 35.6%
To the body 14 / 23 too few to rate 69.6% 170 / 226 75.2% 69.6%
To the legs 9 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 110 / 131 84.0% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
950.0% acc · 0.63/15 · norm 1.27
646.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3254.2% def · norm 63.9%
2:3410.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
28:4213.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
11:166:51 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
74:265:10 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
312.15/15 · norm 0.45

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

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