Bob Gilstrap vs. Carlos Newton

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 3-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
3-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
Age
49
6'3"
HeightΔ 6"
5'9"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
338.8
Layoff (months)Δ 68.6 mo
270.2
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Carlos Newton is a submission threat — 1.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Bob Gilstrap's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Bob Gilstrap rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bob Gilstrap

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 44

Tier-weighted record quality: -0.03 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Carlos Newton

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 34
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1310

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.14 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-2 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

00.00/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
440.69/min · norm 3.17
11.15/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1452.28/min · norm 3.06
0.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 44.9%
0.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
41.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.47/15 · norm 0.38

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

Bob Gilstrap

Distance 0.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 100.0% (norm 10.3%)

Carlos Newton

Distance 75.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.4% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 8.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Bob Gilstrap

Head 100.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 0.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Carlos Newton

Head 78.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gilstrap L/AAccMiddleweight med Newton L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 40.5% 30 / 83 36.1% 38.6%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 10 / 18 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 4 / 9 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 0 / 1 too few to rate 38.9% 22 / 86 25.6% 37.2%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.7% 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 83.3% 11 / 12 too few to rate 82.9%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Gilstrap L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Newton L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 0 too few to rate 39.5% 36 / 98 36.7% 39.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 18 / 25 72.0% 68.9%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.0% 91 / 125 72.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 1 too few to rate 37.9% 116 / 218 53.2% 35.6%
To the body 0 / 0 too few to rate 71.3% 20 / 21 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 82.1% 9 / 9 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1058.8% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.27
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
317.6% def · norm 63.9%
— of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
11:4421.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
— per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
30:347:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
81.89/15 · norm 0.45

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