Gian Villante vs. Tom Lawlor

UFC 7-11-0 vs. 6-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-11-0
UFC record
6-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
43
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
57
Layoff (months)Δ 68.1 mo
125.1
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Tom Lawlor is a submission threat — 1.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Tom Lawlor owns the mat — in control 38% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.
Gian Villante absorbs 5.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.35 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Gian Villante

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 711
Tier 3 — regional circuit 103

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Tom Lawlor

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 76
Tier 3 — regional circuit 42

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.76 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 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

9234.59/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
2442.50/min · norm 3.25
11745.84/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2352.41/min · norm 3.20
43.8%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 47.4%
52.9%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
60.5%norm 53.8%
40.30/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.46/15 · norm 0.32

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

Gian Villante

Distance 93.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.4%)

Tom Lawlor

Distance 68.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 10.3%)

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

Gian Villante

Head 79.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.7%)

Tom Lawlor

Head 92.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 3.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.3% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Villante L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Lawlor L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 819 / 1968 41.6% 41.4% 120 / 396 30.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 73 71.2% 70.9% 77 / 113 68.1% 70.3%
On the ground 52 / 68 76.5% 72.3% 47 / 66 71.2% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 601 / 1686 35.6% 38.9% 207 / 534 38.8% 38.9%
To the body 134 / 205 65.4% 71.9% 18 / 22 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 188 / 218 86.2% 81.8% 19 / 19 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Villante L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Lawlor L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1095 / 2365 46.3% 40.4% 152 / 454 33.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 65 / 100 65.0% 68.7% 60 / 103 58.3% 70.9%
On the ground 14 / 30 46.7% 70.4% 23 / 38 60.5% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 824 / 2038 40.4% 37.5% 148 / 467 31.7% 37.9%
To the body 181 / 265 68.3% 72.3% 56 / 88 63.6% 71.3%
To the legs 169 / 192 88.0% 83.0% 31 / 40 77.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
522.7% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1632.0% acc · 2.46/15 · norm 1.42
3585.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1157.9% def · norm 63.1%
11:395.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
37:1438.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:521:02 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
15:462:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
91.38/15 · norm 0.47

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