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Tyson Griffin vs. Manvel Gamburyan

UFC 8-6-0 vs. 6-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-6-0
UFC record
6-8-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'5"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
179.7
Layoff (months)Δ 60.7 mo
119
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Manvel Gamburyan hunts takedowns — 3.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Tyson Griffin is a submission threat — 0.91 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.
Manvel Gamburyan is a submission threat — 0.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Tyson Griffin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 86
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Manvel Gamburyan

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

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6123.73/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
2821.94/min · norm 3.52
3862.35/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4513.11/min · norm 3.50
42.1%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 44.7%
65.0%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 54.8%
20.18/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

Tyson Griffin

Distance 84.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 8.0%)

Manvel Gamburyan

Distance 74.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Tyson Griffin

Head 74.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 8.0%)

Manvel Gamburyan

Head 81.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Griffin L/AAccLightweight med Gamburyan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 455 / 1225 37.1% 38.3% 177 / 527 33.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 83 / 110 75.5% 67.5% 66 / 96 68.8% 70.5%
On the ground 74 / 120 61.7% 68.8% 39 / 86 45.3% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 319 / 1082 29.5% 35.1% 180 / 574 31.4% 37.1%
To the body 134 / 180 74.4% 69.1% 46 / 67 68.7% 68.0%
To the legs 159 / 193 82.4% 81.8% 56 / 68 82.4% 80.3%

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 · Featherweight: 127 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 Griffin L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gamburyan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 257 / 920 27.9% 38.8% 290 / 771 37.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 78 / 111 70.3% 68.6% 106 / 144 73.6% 70.3%
On the ground 51 / 72 70.8% 68.0% 55 / 80 68.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 260 / 956 27.2% 35.2% 259 / 756 34.3% 35.9%
To the body 82 / 93 88.2% 68.2% 83 / 108 76.9% 68.0%
To the legs 44 / 54 81.5% 81.5% 109 / 131 83.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2045.5% acc · 1.83/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
3032.6% acc · 3.10/15 · norm 1.17
5059.5% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2569.4% def · norm 61.5%
35:1521.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
37:0225.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
38:163:29 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
32:533:24 per 15 · norm 3:11
100.91/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
80.83/15 · norm 0.45

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