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Tom Lawlor vs. Gian Villante

UFC 6-5-0 vs. 7-11-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-5-0
UFC record
7-11-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
43
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
127.5
Layoff (months)Δ 68.1 mo
59.4
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tom Lawlor is a submission threat — 1.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Tom Lawlor owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Gian Villante absorbs 5.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tom Lawlor

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 76
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.76 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Gian Villante

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 711
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2442.50/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
9234.59/min · norm 3.48
2352.41/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
11745.84/min · norm 3.37
42.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 48.45%
60.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.9%norm 52.75%
30.46/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.30/15 · norm 0.40

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

Tom Lawlor

Distance 68.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 10.0%)

Gian Villante

Distance 93.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.6%)

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

Tom Lawlor

Head 92.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Gian Villante

Head 79.9% (norm 78.5%) · Body 9.7% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lawlor L/AAccMiddleweight med Villante L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 120 / 396 30.3% 40.5% 819 / 1968 41.6% 41.5%
In the clinch 77 / 113 68.1% 70.6% 52 / 73 71.2% 70.8%
On the ground 47 / 66 71.2% 69.4% 52 / 68 76.5% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 207 / 534 38.8% 38.8% 601 / 1686 35.6% 39.2%
To the body 18 / 22 too few to rate 71.6% 134 / 205 65.4% 72.0%
To the legs 19 / 19 too few to rate 83.3% 188 / 218 86.2% 82.1%

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: 178 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Lawlor L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Villante L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 152 / 454 33.5% 39.5% 1095 / 2365 46.3% 40.6%
In the clinch 60 / 103 58.3% 70.4% 65 / 100 65.0% 68.8%
On the ground 23 / 38 60.5% 69.0% 14 / 30 46.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 148 / 467 31.7% 37.9% 824 / 2038 40.4% 37.7%
To the body 56 / 88 63.6% 71.3% 181 / 265 68.3% 72.9%
To the legs 31 / 40 77.5% 82.1% 169 / 192 88.0% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1632.0% acc · 2.46/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
522.7% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 0.87
1157.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3585.4% def · norm 66.7%
37:1438.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
11:395.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
15:462:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
13:521:02 per 15 · norm 2:50
91.38/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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