Dequan Townsend vs. Dalcha Lungiambula

UFC 0-4-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-4-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
6'3"
HeightΔ 7"
5'8"
79"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
70.2
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
44
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dequan Townsend rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Dequan Townsend is wasteful with head shots — only 19% land, vs a 39% Middleweight norm.
Dalcha Lungiambula hunts takedowns — 2.14 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dequan Townsend

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 04
Tier 3 — regional circuit 279

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.5 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 40 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Dalcha Lungiambula

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.49 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

601.23/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2153.07/min · norm 3.25
1923.92/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2753.93/min · norm 3.20
34.9%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 47.4%
38.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Dequan Townsend

Distance 84.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 14.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.7% (norm 10.3%)

Dalcha Lungiambula

Distance 71.1% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 15.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 13.8% (norm 10.3%)

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

Dequan Townsend

Head 73.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 22.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Dalcha Lungiambula

Head 79.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Townsend L/AAccMiddleweight med Lungiambula L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 36 / 145 24.8% 40.5% 118 / 339 34.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 21 / 24 too few to rate 70.3% 45 / 72 62.5% 70.3%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 69.1% 52 / 66 78.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 126 19.0% 38.9% 141 / 377 37.4% 38.9%
To the body 30 / 39 76.9% 71.7% 60 / 83 72.3% 71.7%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 83.3% 14 / 17 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 Townsend L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Lungiambula L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 160 48.1% 39.5% 191 / 461 41.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 36 / 50 72.0% 70.9% 50 / 74 67.6% 70.9%
On the ground 79 / 103 76.7% 69.0% 34 / 50 68.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 123 / 232 53.0% 37.9% 164 / 435 37.7% 37.9%
To the body 47 / 58 81.0% 71.3% 85 / 116 73.3% 71.3%
To the legs 22 / 23 too few to rate 82.1% 26 / 34 76.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1045.5% acc · 2.14/15 · norm 1.42
746.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
777.8% def · norm 63.1%
0:240.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
19:0927.4% of cage time · norm 19.75%
29:409:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:152:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · 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 — Lungiambula has more cage time on record.