Blagoy Ivanov vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 11-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
11-7-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
39
AgeΔ 2 yrs
41
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
37.3
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
29.7
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcos Rogerio de Lima carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Blagoy Ivanov absorbs 4.20 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Blagoy Ivanov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.2 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.0 wins over .500

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4223.25/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3753.64/min · norm 3.36
5464.20/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
2522.45/min · norm 3.19
40.5%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
59.6%norm 47.8%
53.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 52.5%
10.12/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
71.02/15 · norm 0.28

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

Blagoy Ivanov

Distance 94.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.9% (norm 9.3%)

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)

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

Blagoy Ivanov

Head 89.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 0.8% (norm 7.6%)

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ivanov L/AAccHeavyweight med Lima L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 377 / 982 38.4% 40.1% 250 / 461 54.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 37 / 51 72.5% 70.6% 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6%
On the ground 8 / 9 too few to rate 70.2% 88 / 119 73.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 329 / 933 35.3% 38.9% 219 / 435 50.3% 38.9%
To the body 85 / 101 84.2% 76.8% 65 / 87 74.7% 76.8%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 87.8% 91 / 107 85.0% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Ivanov L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Lima L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 471 / 1061 44.4% 40.7% 192 / 443 43.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 65 / 97 67.0% 70.6% 28 / 34 82.4% 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 16 too few to rate 72.0% 32 / 53 60.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 318 / 876 36.3% 38.8% 186 / 442 42.1% 38.8%
To the body 137 / 196 69.9% 75.1% 45 / 62 72.6% 75.1%
To the legs 91 / 102 89.2% 84.4% 21 / 26 80.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
640.0% acc · 0.69/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1145.8% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 0.95
861.5% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1266.7% def · norm 64.3%
11:028.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
45:4944.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
16:231:53 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
17:242:32 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.12/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
40.58/15 · norm 0.16

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