Francisco Trinaldo vs. Chad Laprise

UFC 18-8-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-8-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47
AgeΔ 7 yrs
40
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
46.2
Layoff (months)Δ 45.8 mo
92
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chad Laprise outworks the Welterweight division — 4.78 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.
Chad Laprise carries real power — 0.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Francisco Trinaldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 188
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Chad Laprise

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10093.13/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4104.78/min · norm 3.17
8602.67/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3083.59/min · norm 3.06
45.2%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 44.9%
60.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.3%norm 55.25%
50.23/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.52/15 · norm 0.38

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

Chad Laprise

Distance 89.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Chad Laprise

Head 78.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med Laprise L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 703 / 1789 39.3% 37.9% 349 / 859 40.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 168 / 238 70.6% 67.3% 28 / 46 60.9% 67.8%
On the ground 138 / 203 68.0% 69.1% 33 / 53 62.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.0% 239 / 755 31.7% 37.2%
To the body 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1% 89 / 118 75.4% 70.7%
To the legs 116 / 132 87.9% 81.9% 82 / 85 96.5% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Laprise L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.9% 250 / 801 31.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6% 34 / 41 82.9% 68.9%
On the ground 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0% 24 / 45 53.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.1% 165 / 685 24.1% 35.6%
To the body 249 / 390 63.8% 68.1% 61 / 99 61.6% 69.6%
To the legs 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5% 82 / 103 79.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
654.5% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.27
4460.3% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1178.6% def · norm 63.9%
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
12:1714.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:080:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
110.51/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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