Jose Daniel Medina vs. Ryan Gandra

UFC 0-4-0 vs. 2-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-4-0
UFC record
2-0-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
35
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.3
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
0.9
LLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ryan Gandra carries real power — 15.52 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Ryan Gandra outworks the Middleweight division — 12.41 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Jose Daniel Medina absorbs 5.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jose Daniel Medina

Full career not yet synced for Jose Daniel Medina — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.8 wins over .500

Ryan Gandra

Full career not yet synced for Ryan Gandra — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

582.46/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2412.41/min · norm 3.25
1335.64/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
52.59/min · norm 3.20
43.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
49.0%norm 47.4%
42.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
61.5%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
215.52/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jose Daniel Medina

Distance 97.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 10.3%)

Ryan Gandra

Distance 83.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 16.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jose Daniel Medina

Head 70.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 9.6% (norm 8.4%)

Ryan Gandra

Head 87.8% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 0.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Medina L/AAccMiddleweight med Gandra L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 132 42.4% 40.5% 18 / 41 43.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 6 / 8 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 95 32.6% 38.9% 22 / 43 51.2% 38.9%
To the body 14 / 27 51.9% 71.7% 2 / 6 too few to rate 71.7%
To the legs 13 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 0 / 0 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Medina L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Gandra L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 106 / 195 54.4% 39.5% 5 / 13 too few to rate 39.5%
In the clinch 10 / 12 too few to rate 70.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 69.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 90 / 173 52.0% 37.9% 3 / 10 too few to rate 37.9%
To the body 29 / 44 65.9% 71.3% 1 / 2 too few to rate 71.3%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 82.1% 1 / 1 too few to rate 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
150.0% acc · 0.64/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
436.4% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 63.1%
1:125.1% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
0:054.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
8:135:13 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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