Gleison Tibau vs. Melvin Guillard

UFC 16-12-0 vs. 12-9-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
16-12-0
UFC record
12-9-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
98.2
Layoff (months)Δ 50.8 mo
149
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Melvin Guillard carries real power — 1.33 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
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.

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

Melvin Guillard

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1213
Tier 3 — regional circuit 2111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.38 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 62 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6011.95/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4483.06/min · norm 3.42
7752.51/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2671.83/min · norm 3.37
31.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
39.7%norm 43.5%
63.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
68.1%norm 56.3%
20.10/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
131.33/15 · 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%)

Melvin Guillard

Distance 79.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.1% (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%)

Melvin Guillard

Head 82.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.9% (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 Guillard L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 383 / 1543 24.8% 37.9% 312 / 896 34.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 99 / 151 65.6% 67.3% 58 / 96 60.4% 67.3%
On the ground 119 / 195 61.0% 69.1% 78 / 136 57.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 467 / 1698 27.5% 35.0% 300 / 928 32.3% 35.0%
To the body 91 / 143 63.6% 69.1% 90 / 134 67.2% 69.1%
To the legs 43 / 48 89.6% 81.9% 58 / 66 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 Guillard L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 546 / 1755 31.1% 38.9% 219 / 732 29.9% 38.9%
In the clinch 156 / 239 65.3% 68.6% 36 / 75 48.0% 68.6%
On the ground 73 / 128 57.0% 68.0% 12 / 31 38.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 441 / 1615 27.3% 35.1% 123 / 604 20.4% 35.1%
To the body 209 / 327 63.9% 68.1% 59 / 111 53.2% 68.1%
To the legs 125 / 180 69.4% 81.5% 85 / 123 69.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
8453.5% acc · 4.08/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
1466.7% acc · 1.44/15 · norm 1.38
7092.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5865.2% def · norm 64.0%
103:4233.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
12:558.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
35:501:44 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
34:063:29 per 15 · norm 2:46
170.83/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
20.21/15 · 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.