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Tom Gallicchio vs.
James Krause

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

0-1-0 Tom Gallicchio · UFC
9-4-0 James Krause · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
9-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39.9
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
40.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
6'2"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
109
Layoff (months)Δ 39.4 mo
69.6
L
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.

Tom Gallicchio absorbs 7.07 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
James Krause is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Tom Gallicchio is wasteful with head shots — only 15% land, vs a 37% 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.

Tom Gallicchio

Full career not yet synced for Tom Gallicchio — 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 +1.0 wins over .500

James Krause

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

In the UFC: 5-2 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

533.53/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
7825.15/min · norm 3.42
1067.07/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
6574.33/min · norm 3.37
26.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
50.2%norm 43.5%
43.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
61.8%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.30/15 · norm 0.25

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

Tom Gallicchio

Distance 98.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)

James Krause

Distance 93.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 3.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Tom Gallicchio

Head 79.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

James Krause

Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gallicchio L/AAccWelterweight med Krause L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 51 / 196 26.0% 38.6% 720 / 1459 49.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 2 / 4 too few to rate 67.8% 37 / 57 64.9% 67.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 67.2% 25 / 41 61.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 158 15.2% 37.2% 581 / 1287 45.1% 35.0%
To the body 17 / 30 56.7% 70.7% 107 / 151 70.9% 69.1%
To the legs 12 / 12 too few to rate 82.9% 94 / 119 79.0% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Gallicchio L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Krause L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 105 / 185 56.8% 39.0% 529 / 1534 34.5% 38.9%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 68.9% 63 / 92 68.5% 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 65 / 95 68.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 183 55.7% 35.6% 388 / 1312 29.6% 35.1%
To the body 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.6% 152 / 265 57.4% 68.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1% 117 / 144 81.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

111.1% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
815.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.38
0— def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2464.9% def · norm 64.0%
1:016.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
32:1821.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
0:090:09 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
18:371:50 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.99/15 · norm 0.49

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

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