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Trey Waters vs. Billy Ray Goff

UFC 2-1-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-1-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31
AgeΔ 3 yrs
28
6'5"
HeightΔ 7"
5'10"
77"
ReachΔ 5"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
13.4
Layoff (months)Δ 11 mo
2.4
LWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Billy Ray Goff absorbs 7.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Trey Waters outworks the Welterweight division — 6.60 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Trey Waters absorbs 5.78 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.08 Welterweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Trey Waters

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Billy Ray Goff

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2186.60/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
1825.63/min · norm 3.17
1915.78/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2477.64/min · norm 3.08
46.8%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
46.2%norm 44.75%
55.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
50.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.46/15 · norm 0.38

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

Trey Waters

Distance 99.1% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 8.1%)

Billy Ray Goff

Distance 92.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Trey Waters

Head 90.8% (norm 78.3%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.2% (norm 8.0%)

Billy Ray Goff

Head 66.0% (norm 78.3%) · Body 17.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.8% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Waters L/AAccWelterweight med Goff L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 214 / 462 46.3% 38.5% 162 / 365 44.4% 38.5%
In the clinch 3 / 3 too few to rate 67.8% 18 / 24 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 67.0% 2 / 5 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 190 / 423 44.9% 36.4% 85 / 260 32.7% 36.4%
To the body 16 / 28 57.1% 70.7% 43 / 68 63.2% 70.7%
To the legs 12 / 15 too few to rate 83.0% 54 / 66 81.8% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Waters L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Goff L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 408 43.9% 39.1% 203 / 441 46.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 10 / 15 too few to rate 68.9% 17 / 23 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 27 / 36 75.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 321 34.6% 35.6% 224 / 463 48.4% 35.6%
To the body 23 / 41 56.1% 69.6% 21 / 35 60.0% 69.6%
To the legs 57 / 63 90.5% 82.2% 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
133.3% acc · 0.45/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
14.5% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.31
1890.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
250.0% def · norm 63.9%
0:271.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
7:5624.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
5:002:16 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
2:421:15 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.45/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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