Johnny Eduardo vs. Manvel Gamburyan

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 6-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
6-8-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
48
AgeΔ 3 yrs
45
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'5"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
58.2
Layoff (months)Δ 58.4 mo
116.6
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Manvel Gamburyan hunts takedowns — 3.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Manvel Gamburyan is a submission threat — 0.83 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Johnny Eduardo rarely shoots — 0.22 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Johnny Eduardo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 178

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.31 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Manvel Gamburyan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.59 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2042.95/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2821.94/min · norm 3.54
2233.22/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
4513.11/min · norm 3.47
39.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 45.0%
63.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 54.85%
20.43/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.29

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

Johnny Eduardo

Distance 95.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 6.5%)

Manvel Gamburyan

Distance 74.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.1% (norm 6.5%)

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

Johnny Eduardo

Head 72.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)

Manvel Gamburyan

Head 81.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Eduardo L/AAccBantamweight med Gamburyan L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 184 / 491 37.5% 39.0% 177 / 527 33.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 68.7% 66 / 96 68.8% 70.8%
On the ground 11 / 13 too few to rate 70.2% 39 / 86 45.3% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 371 27.5% 34.9% 180 / 574 31.4% 37.2%
To the body 23 / 40 57.5% 66.8% 46 / 67 68.7% 68.2%
To the legs 79 / 103 76.7% 79.4% 56 / 68 82.4% 80.7%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Eduardo L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Gamburyan L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 503 27.8% 39.3% 290 / 771 37.6% 39.2%
In the clinch 18 / 18 too few to rate 70.4% 106 / 144 73.6% 70.3%
On the ground 65 / 82 79.3% 72.4% 55 / 80 68.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 150 / 491 30.5% 34.9% 259 / 756 34.3% 35.9%
To the body 35 / 58 60.3% 66.0% 83 / 108 76.9% 67.9%
To the legs 38 / 54 70.4% 79.1% 109 / 131 83.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
120.0% acc · 0.22/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
3032.6% acc · 3.10/15 · norm 1.19
1058.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2569.4% def · norm 61.5%
1:552.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
37:0225.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
11:352:30 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
32:533:24 per 15 · norm 3:12
20.43/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
80.83/15 · norm 0.46

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