Myles Jury vs. Takanori Gomi

UFC 8-4-0 vs. 4-9-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
8-4-0
UFC record
4-9-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37
AgeΔ 10 yrs
47
5'10"
HeightΔ 3"
5'7"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
89.7
Layoff (months)Δ 16.8 mo
106.5
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Takanori Gomi rarely shoots — 0.17 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Myles Jury carries real power — 0.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Myles Jury owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Myles Jury

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Takanori Gomi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 510
Tier 3 — regional circuit 315

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 52 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3272.94/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
3674.11/min · norm 3.42
2402.16/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4234.74/min · norm 3.37
42.6%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
38.9%norm 43.5%
66.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.4%norm 56.3%
30.41/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.34/15 · norm 0.25

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

Myles Jury

Distance 77.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 20.3% (norm 8.0%)

Takanori Gomi

Distance 94.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Myles Jury

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)

Takanori Gomi

Head 77.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jury L/AAccLightweight med Gomi L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 214 / 597 35.8% 37.9% 324 / 892 36.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 13 / 14 too few to rate 67.3% 32 / 38 84.2% 67.3%
On the ground 100 / 156 64.1% 69.1% 11 / 13 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 224 / 601 37.3% 35.0% 230 / 734 31.3% 35.0%
To the body 37 / 69 53.6% 69.1% 109 / 169 64.5% 69.1%
To the legs 66 / 97 68.0% 81.9% 28 / 40 70.0% 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 Jury L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gomi L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 196 / 661 29.7% 38.9% 354 / 886 40.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 68.6% 23 / 33 69.7% 68.6%
On the ground 36 / 48 75.0% 68.0% 46 / 73 63.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 122 / 509 24.0% 35.1% 299 / 831 36.0% 35.1%
To the body 44 / 103 42.7% 68.1% 78 / 107 72.9% 68.1%
To the legs 74 / 111 66.7% 81.5% 46 / 54 85.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1655.2% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
125.0% acc · 0.17/15 · norm 1.38
450.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1860.0% def · norm 64.0%
34:0730.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
10:0311.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
10:561:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
11:582:00 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.27/15 · 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 — Gomi has more cage time on record.