David Loiseau vs. Gideon Ray

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 0-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
0-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 7 yrs
53
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
193.9
Layoff (months)Δ 43 mo
236.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gideon Ray's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
David Loiseau carries real power — 0.57 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
David Loiseau rarely shoots — 0.43 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

David Loiseau

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 186

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.69 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Gideon Ray

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 1611

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.07 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1661.59/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
212.08/min · norm 3.25
3803.64/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
262.58/min · norm 3.20
44.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
40.4%norm 47.4%
43.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.6%norm 53.8%
40.57/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

David Loiseau

Distance 52.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 22.6% (norm 10.3%)

Gideon Ray

Distance 86.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

David Loiseau

Head 82.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Gideon Ray

Head 61.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 26.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Loiseau L/AAccMiddleweight med Ray L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 195 26.7% 40.5% 14 / 45 31.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 57 / 93 61.3% 70.3% 6 / 6 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 57 / 84 67.9% 69.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 121 / 308 39.3% 38.9% 6 / 32 18.8% 38.9%
To the body 26 / 40 65.0% 71.7% 5 / 6 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 19 / 24 too few to rate 83.3% 10 / 14 too few to rate 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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Loiseau L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ray L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 123 / 335 36.7% 39.5% 7 / 28 25.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 133 / 175 76.0% 70.9% 4 / 4 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 124 / 160 77.5% 69.0% 15 / 24 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 198 / 458 43.2% 37.9% 23 / 51 45.1% 37.9%
To the body 141 / 162 87.0% 71.3% 2 / 3 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 41 / 50 82.0% 82.1% 1 / 2 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
342.9% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 1.49/15 · norm 1.42
1236.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.1%
14:2713.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:355.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
46:146:38 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
3:184:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.14/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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