Jason DeLucia vs. Royce Gracie

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 8-1-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
8-1-1
Open Weight
Division (benchmark)
Open Weight
57
AgeΔ 2 yrs
59
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
320.6
Layoff (months)Δ 78.2 mo
242.4
LWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LDWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jason DeLucia is a submission threat — 8.09 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Open Weight norm.
Royce Gracie is a submission threat — 3.36 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Open Weight norm.
Royce Gracie's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 67% Open Weight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jason DeLucia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 3119

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.04 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 55 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Royce Gracie

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 13 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

40.43/min · norm 1.46
Sig. strikes landed
360.67/min · norm 1.46
20.22/min · norm 1.68
Sig. strikes absorbed
601.12/min · norm 1.68
66.7%norm 45.8%
Striking accuracy
48.0%norm 45.8%
50.0%norm 49.0%
Striking defense
41.2%norm 49.0%
00.00/15 · norm 0.00
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.00

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

Jason DeLucia

Distance 83.3% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 28.7%)

Royce Gracie

Distance 48.0% (norm 50.2%) · Clinch 30.7% (norm 14.9%) · Ground 21.3% (norm 28.7%)

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

Jason DeLucia

Head 50.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 33.3% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 5.2%)

Royce Gracie

Head 48.0% (norm 81.2%) · Body 18.7% (norm 8.0%) · Legs 33.3% (norm 5.2%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone DeLucia L/AAccOpen Weight med Gracie L/AAccOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 5 too few to rate 27.8% 10 / 36 27.8% 27.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 63.8% 14 / 23 too few to rate 63.8%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 65.8% 12 / 16 too few to rate 65.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 3 too few to rate 39.3% 18 / 36 50.0% 39.3%
To the body 1 / 2 too few to rate 90.5% 7 / 14 too few to rate 90.5%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 53.5% 11 / 25 44.0% 53.5%

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 (Open Weight: 11 fighters · Open Weight: 11 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 DeLucia L/AOpp accOpen Weight med vs Gracie L/AOpp accOpen Weight med
BY POSITION
At distance 0 / 2 too few to rate 37.0% 5 / 14 too few to rate 37.0%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 66.7% 7 / 9 too few to rate 66.7%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 67.1% 48 / 79 60.8% 67.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1 / 3 too few to rate 47.0% 40 / 79 50.6% 47.0%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 87.9% 12 / 14 too few to rate 87.9%
To the legs 0 / 0 too few to rate 61.2% 8 / 9 too few to rate 61.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 1.62/15 · norm 1.15
Takedowns landed
436.4% acc · 1.12/15 · norm 1.15
133.3% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 66.7%
0:0910.2% of cage time · norm 21.95%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 21.95%
0:330:53 per 15 · norm 0:39
Time under control
3:250:57 per 15 · norm 0:39
58.09/15 · norm 1.34
Submission attempts
123.36/15 · norm 1.34

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