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William Gomis vs.
Robert Ruchala

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

5-2-0 William Gomis · UFC
0-2-0 Robert Ruchala · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

5-2-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
29.1
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
28.2
6'0"
HeightΔ 4"
5'8"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 1.2 mo
4.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Robert Ruchala absorbs 5.20 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
William Gomis rarely shoots — 0.73 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
William Gomis defends head shots well — opponents land just 24%, vs a 36% Featherweight norm.
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.

William Gomis

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

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Robert Ruchala

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3273.20/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1013.37/min · norm 3.54
2662.60/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1565.20/min · norm 3.47
48.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 45.0%
61.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
45.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

William Gomis

Distance 89.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Robert Ruchala

Distance 94.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

William Gomis

Head 60.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 16.3% (norm 7.8%)

Robert Ruchala

Head 71.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gomis L/AAccFeatherweight med Ruchala L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 271 / 599 45.2% 40.9% 87 / 277 31.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 53 / 69 76.8% 70.8% 14 / 17 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 137 / 408 33.6% 37.2% 54 / 211 25.6% 37.2%
To the body 94 / 155 60.6% 68.2% 36 / 60 60.0% 68.2%
To the legs 96 / 110 87.3% 80.7% 11 / 23 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Gomis L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ruchala L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 218 / 631 34.5% 39.2% 121 / 245 49.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 40 / 53 75.5% 70.3% 35 / 41 85.4% 70.3%
On the ground 8 / 9 too few to rate 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 110 / 464 23.7% 35.9% 90 / 201 44.8% 35.9%
To the body 83 / 121 68.6% 67.9% 51 / 66 77.3% 67.9%
To the legs 73 / 108 67.6% 81.5% 15 / 19 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.

538.5% acc · 0.73/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.19
3877.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 61.5%
15:2715.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:4419.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
32:274:45 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
1:350:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.29/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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