Timmy Cuamba vs.
Lucas Almeida
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Timmy Cuamba
Full career not yet synced for Timmy Cuamba — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Lucas Almeida
Full career not yet synced for Lucas Almeida — 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 +0.7 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Timmy Cuamba
Distance 89.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)
Lucas Almeida
Distance 93.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 0.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 5.3% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Timmy Cuamba
Head 74.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.6% (norm 8.4%)
Lucas Almeida
Head 74.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Cuamba L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Almeida L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 147 / 347 | 42.4% | 39.0% | 212 / 599 | 35.4% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 16 / 20 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 109 / 287 | 38.0% | 34.9% | 128 / 478 | 26.8% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 43 / 58 | 74.1% | 66.8% | 45 / 76 | 59.2% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 25 / 41 | 61.0% | 79.4% | 67 / 84 | 79.8% | 80.7% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Cuamba L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Almeida L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 179 / 451 | 39.7% | 39.3% | 183 / 348 | 52.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 4 / 7 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 27 / 30 | 90.0% | 72.4% | 62 / 85 | 72.9% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 143 / 395 | 36.2% | 34.9% | 168 / 342 | 49.1% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 39 / 62 | 62.9% | 66.0% | 44 / 57 | 77.2% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 35 / 40 | 87.5% | 79.1% | 37 / 41 | 90.2% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Almeida has more cage time on record.