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Tony Sims vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41
AgeΔ 4 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
129.6
Layoff (months)Δ 42.8 mo
86.8
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tony Sims carries real power — 0.71 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Tony Sims is hard to hit — absorbs 0.76 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.38 Lightweight norm.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier hunts takedowns — 2.36 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tony Sims

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.84 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 175
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.75 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

381.81/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3632.48/min · norm 3.44
160.76/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4342.97/min · norm 3.38
63.3%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 43.65%
66.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.8%norm 56.3%
10.71/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.21/15 · norm 0.25

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

Tony Sims

Distance 55.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 40.0% (norm 8.0%)

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Distance 82.4% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Tony Sims

Head 95.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.7% (norm 8.0%)

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sims L/AAccLightweight med Aubin-Mercier L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 33 42.4% 38.3% 262 / 581 45.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 67.5% 57 / 68 83.8% 67.5%
On the ground 23 / 24 too few to rate 68.8% 44 / 56 78.6% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 35 / 57 61.4% 35.1% 248 / 557 44.5% 35.1%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 69.1% 78 / 107 72.9% 69.1%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.8% 37 / 41 90.2% 81.8%

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: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Sims L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Aubin-Mercier L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 14 / 42 33.3% 38.8% 261 / 748 34.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 2 / 5 too few to rate 68.6% 54 / 86 62.8% 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 119 / 149 79.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 9 / 38 23.7% 35.2% 274 / 757 36.2% 35.2%
To the body 5 / 7 too few to rate 68.2% 98 / 148 66.2% 68.2%
To the legs 2 / 2 too few to rate 81.5% 62 / 78 79.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
2333.8% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.34
650.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2470.6% def · norm 63.7%
1:407.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
43:3129.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
12:248:51 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
34:043:29 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.71/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
50.51/15 · norm 0.48

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