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Tommy Gantt vs.
Artur Minev

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

1-0-0 Tommy Gantt · UFC
0-1-0 Artur Minev · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-0-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
33.6
Age
5'11"
Height
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
2.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
2.7
W
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Tommy Gantt hunts takedowns — 11.46 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Tommy Gantt owns the mat — in control 67% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Opponents land 70% of their head shots on Artur Minev, vs a 35% Lightweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Tommy Gantt

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

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

Artur Minev

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

283.57/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
81.02/min · norm 3.42
81.02/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
283.57/min · norm 3.37
73.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
61.5%norm 43.5%
38.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
26.3%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Tommy Gantt

Distance 26.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 31.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 42.1% (norm 8.0%)

Artur Minev

Distance 53.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 46.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Tommy Gantt

Head 71.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 28.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 7.9%)

Artur Minev

Head 53.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 38.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gantt L/AAccLightweight med Minev L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 10 too few to rate 37.9% 3 / 7 too few to rate 37.9%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 67.3% 5 / 6 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 15 / 16 too few to rate 69.1% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 19 / 27 70.4% 35.0% 2 / 7 too few to rate 35.0%
To the body 9 / 11 too few to rate 69.1% 5 / 5 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Gantt L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Minev L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 7 too few to rate 38.9% 3 / 10 too few to rate 38.9%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 68.6% 10 / 12 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 15 / 16 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 7 too few to rate 35.1% 19 / 27 70.4% 35.1%
To the body 5 / 5 too few to rate 68.1% 9 / 11 too few to rate 68.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

635.3% acc · 11.46/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
1100.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1164.7% def · norm 64.0%
5:1566.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
0:5311.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
0:531:41 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
5:1510:01 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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