Lorenz Larkin vs. Brad Tavares

UFC 5-5-0 vs. 16-12-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-5-0
UFC record
16-12-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'11"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
119.6
Layoff (months)Δ 114.8 mo
4.8
WWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Lorenz Larkin rarely shoots — 0.14 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Brad Tavares rarely shoots — 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Lorenz Larkin is accurate with ground strikes — lands 88%, vs a 67% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Lorenz Larkin

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 148
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.24 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.1 wins over .500

Brad Tavares

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1612
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3913.61/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
12433.41/min · norm 3.25
3232.98/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
12093.32/min · norm 3.20
44.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 47.4%
62.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 53.8%
30.42/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.21/15 · norm 0.32

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

Lorenz Larkin

Distance 83.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 13.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.0% (norm 8.1%)

Brad Tavares

Distance 89.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 8.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Lorenz Larkin

Head 68.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 8.4%)

Brad Tavares

Head 76.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Larkin L/AAccWelterweight med Tavares L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 293 / 735 39.9% 38.6% 1049 / 2548 41.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 75 / 115 65.2% 67.8% 150 / 231 64.9% 70.3%
On the ground 23 / 26 88.5% 67.2% 44 / 65 67.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 191 / 603 31.7% 37.2% 738 / 2171 34.0% 38.9%
To the body 61 / 98 62.2% 70.7% 213 / 327 65.1% 71.7%
To the legs 139 / 175 79.4% 82.9% 292 / 346 84.4% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Larkin L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Tavares L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 794 34.5% 39.0% 940 / 2281 41.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 42 / 61 68.9% 68.9% 201 / 317 63.4% 70.9%
On the ground 7 / 7 too few to rate 68.0% 68 / 84 81.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 173 / 629 27.5% 35.6% 769 / 2047 37.6% 37.9%
To the body 63 / 114 55.3% 69.6% 190 / 305 62.3% 71.3%
To the legs 87 / 119 73.1% 82.1% 250 / 330 75.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 0.14/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1726.6% acc · 0.70/15 · norm 1.42
3579.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
11480.3% def · norm 63.1%
5:545.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
46:3812.8% of cage time · norm 19.75%
26:473:42 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
80:143:18 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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