Gleison Tibau vs. Francisco Trinaldo

UFC 16-12-0 vs. 18-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-12-0
UFC record
18-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 5 yrs
47
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
98.2
Layoff (months)Δ 52 mo
46.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gleison Tibau hunts takedowns — 4.08 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Gleison Tibau owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight 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

Gleison Tibau

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1815
Tier 3 — regional circuit 224

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.88 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6011.95/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
10093.13/min · norm 3.42
7752.51/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
8602.67/min · norm 3.37
31.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 43.5%
63.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.3%
20.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.23/15 · norm 0.25

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

Gleison Tibau

Distance 81.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 8.0%)

Francisco Trinaldo

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

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

Gleison Tibau

Head 89.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.5% (norm 7.9%)

Francisco Trinaldo

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tibau L/AAccLightweight med Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 383 / 1543 24.8% 37.9% 703 / 1789 39.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 99 / 151 65.6% 67.3% 168 / 238 70.6% 67.3%
On the ground 119 / 195 61.0% 69.1% 138 / 203 68.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1698 27.5% 35.0% 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.0%
To the body 91 / 143 63.6% 69.1% 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1%
To the legs 43 / 48 89.6% 81.9% 116 / 132 87.9% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Tibau L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1755 31.1% 38.9% 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 156 / 239 65.3% 68.6% 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6%
On the ground 73 / 128 57.0% 68.0% 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 441 / 1615 27.3% 35.1% 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.1%
To the body 209 / 327 63.9% 68.1% 249 / 390 63.8% 68.1%
To the legs 125 / 180 69.4% 81.5% 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
8453.5% acc · 4.08/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.38
7092.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4460.3% def · norm 64.0%
103:4233.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
35:501:44 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
170.83/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
110.51/15 · norm 0.49

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