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Wilson Gouveia vs. Alan Belcher

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 9-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
9-6-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
48
AgeΔ 6 yrs
42
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
202.2
Layoff (months)Δ 40.4 mo
161.8
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Wilson Gouveia is a submission threat — 2.25 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Light Heavyweight norm.
Wilson Gouveia carries real power — 0.90 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Alan Belcher is a submission threat — 0.87 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Wilson Gouveia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 3 — regional circuit 94

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

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

Alan Belcher

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 73

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2013.02/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
3722.70/min · norm 3.23
2704.06/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4273.10/min · norm 3.20
40.0%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 47.4%
56.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
59.6%norm 53.8%
40.90/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.33/15 · norm 0.32

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

Wilson Gouveia

Distance 80.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 10.6%)

Alan Belcher

Distance 79.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 10.0%)

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

Wilson Gouveia

Head 83.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 1.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.7%)

Alan Belcher

Head 75.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gouveia L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Belcher L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 148 / 406 36.5% 41.5% 252 / 705 35.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 15 / 30 50.0% 70.8% 58 / 82 70.7% 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 67 56.7% 72.9% 62 / 102 60.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 134 / 421 31.8% 39.2% 211 / 672 31.4% 38.8%
To the body 8 / 9 too few to rate 72.0% 61 / 94 64.9% 71.6%
To the legs 59 / 73 80.8% 82.1% 100 / 123 81.3% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Gouveia L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Belcher L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 166 / 424 39.2% 40.6% 306 / 870 35.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 27 / 45 60.0% 68.8% 69 / 104 66.3% 70.4%
On the ground 77 / 152 50.7% 70.4% 52 / 84 61.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 507 33.9% 37.7% 328 / 921 35.6% 37.9%
To the body 39 / 47 83.0% 72.9% 49 / 76 64.5% 71.3%
To the legs 59 / 67 88.1% 83.1% 50 / 61 82.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
466.7% acc · 0.90/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
426.7% acc · 0.44/15 · norm 1.35
1157.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2755.1% def · norm 63.3%
7:5111.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
26:2019.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
15:223:27 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
38:134:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
102.25/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
80.87/15 · norm 0.45

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