Eddie Gordon vs. Chris Dempsey

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

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
43
AgeΔ 5 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
133.4
Layoff (months)Δ 8.1 mo
125.3
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chris Dempsey hunts takedowns — 2.64 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Eddie Gordon owns the mat — in control 35% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Chris Dempsey's takedown defense leaks — 17% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Eddie Gordon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 16
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.3 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 15 documented bouts

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

Chris Dempsey

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.09 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

792.03/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
512.25/min · norm 3.25
1002.57/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
642.82/min · norm 3.20
32.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
32.5%norm 47.4%
60.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
66.0%norm 53.8%
10.39/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Eddie Gordon

Distance 84.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 10.3%)

Chris Dempsey

Distance 83.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Eddie Gordon

Head 98.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 1.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.4% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Dempsey

Head 91.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gordon L/AAccMiddleweight med Dempsey L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 54 / 205 26.3% 40.5% 33 / 131 25.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 3 / 8 too few to rate 70.3% 12 / 19 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 22 / 29 75.9% 69.1% 6 / 7 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 238 31.9% 38.9% 40 / 143 28.0% 38.9%
To the body 2 / 3 too few to rate 71.7% 8 / 10 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 83.3% 3 / 4 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 Gordon L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Dempsey L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 71 / 217 32.7% 39.5% 55 / 174 31.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 14 / 16 too few to rate 70.9% 3 / 8 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.0% 6 / 6 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 216 33.8% 37.9% 55 / 177 31.1% 37.9%
To the body 21 / 27 77.8% 71.3% 3 / 5 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 82.1% 6 / 6 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
583.3% acc · 1.93/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
423.5% acc · 2.64/15 · norm 1.42
1463.6% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
116.7% def · norm 63.1%
13:3134.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
6:3629.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
10:534:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
5:083:23 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 — Gordon has more cage time on record.