Ednaldo Oliveira vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 12-10-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
12-10-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
42
AgeΔ 5 yrs
47
6'5"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
156.1
Layoff (months)Δ 32.2 mo
123.9
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gabriel Gonzaga is a submission threat — 1.20 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Gabriel Gonzaga hunts takedowns — 2.62 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Ednaldo Oliveira rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ednaldo Oliveira

Full career not yet synced for Ednaldo Oliveira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Gabriel Gonzaga

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 3 — regional circuit 52

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

191.03/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
2932.13/min · norm 3.36
331.80/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
3712.70/min · norm 3.19
22.4%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 47.8%
52.9%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
59.1%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.76/15 · norm 0.28

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

Ednaldo Oliveira

Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 10.4%)

Gabriel Gonzaga

Distance 67.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 22.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Ednaldo Oliveira

Head 85.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 9.7%)

Gabriel Gonzaga

Head 78.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oliveira L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Gonzaga L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 9 / 69 13.0% 41.4% 156 / 440 35.5% 40.1%
In the clinch 5 / 8 too few to rate 70.9% 43 / 64 67.2% 70.6%
On the ground 5 / 8 too few to rate 72.3% 94 / 146 64.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 73 17.8% 38.9% 186 / 507 36.7% 38.9%
To the body 5 / 11 too few to rate 71.9% 42 / 60 70.0% 76.8%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.8% 65 / 83 78.3% 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 (Light 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 Oliveira L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Gonzaga L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 20 / 55 36.4% 40.4% 189 / 643 29.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 68.7% 92 / 130 70.8% 70.6%
On the ground 3 / 3 too few to rate 70.4% 90 / 133 67.7% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 45 22.2% 37.5% 310 / 820 37.8% 38.8%
To the body 9 / 10 too few to rate 72.3% 33 / 50 66.0% 75.1%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 83.0% 28 / 36 77.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2438.1% acc · 2.62/15 · norm 0.95
342.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1275.0% def · norm 64.3%
3:1317.5% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
37:1027.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
4:584:03 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
16:541:50 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
111.20/15 · norm 0.16

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