Maheshate vs. Gauge Young

UFC 2-4-0 vs. 2-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-4-0
UFC record
2-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
26
AgeΔ 0 yrs
26
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
11.5
Layoff (months)Δ 7.8 mo
3.7
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gauge Young outworks the Lightweight division — 7.00 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Maheshate rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Maheshate absorbs 6.56 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Maheshate

Full career not yet synced for Maheshate — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Gauge Young

Full career not yet synced for Gauge Young — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2834.11/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3157.00/min · norm 3.42
4526.56/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2265.02/min · norm 3.37
31.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
51.7%norm 43.5%
51.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 56.3%
20.44/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.33/15 · norm 0.25

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

Maheshate

Distance 95.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 0.1% (norm 8.0%)

Gauge Young

Distance 95.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Maheshate

Head 81.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.9%)

Gauge Young

Head 66.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Maheshate L/AAccLightweight med Young L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 265 / 854 31.0% 37.9% 298 / 583 51.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 17 / 36 47.2% 67.3% 10 / 12 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.1% 7 / 14 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 186 / 730 25.5% 35.0% 159 / 402 39.6% 35.0%
To the body 57 / 112 50.9% 69.1% 83 / 122 68.0% 69.1%
To the legs 40 / 49 81.6% 81.9% 73 / 85 85.9% 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 Maheshate L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Young L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 391 / 824 47.5% 38.9% 217 / 450 48.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 33 / 53 62.3% 68.6% 8 / 10 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 28 / 49 57.1% 68.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 282 / 713 39.6% 35.1% 123 / 326 37.7% 35.1%
To the body 71 / 104 68.3% 68.1% 58 / 78 74.4% 68.1%
To the legs 99 / 109 90.8% 81.5% 45 / 57 78.9% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.38
847.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2392.0% def · norm 64.0%
0:160.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
5:0011.1% of cage time · norm 19.5%
12:172:40 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:011:00 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.49

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