Nikita Krylov vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

UFC 12-10-0 vs. 11-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-10-0
UFC record
11-7-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 7 yrs
41
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
0.9
Layoff (months)Δ 28.8 mo
29.7
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nikita Krylov is a submission threat — 1.14 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Marcos Rogerio de Lima is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nikita Krylov

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1210
Tier 3 — regional circuit 192

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 29 finish wins over 43 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.99 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6894.38/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
3753.64/min · norm 3.36
4332.75/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
2522.45/min · norm 3.19
54.2%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
59.6%norm 47.8%
48.1%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.5%norm 52.5%
60.57/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
71.02/15 · norm 0.28

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

Nikita Krylov

Distance 72.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 10.4%)

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 9.3%)

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

Nikita Krylov

Head 69.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 9.7%)

Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Head 69.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Krylov L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Lima L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 408 / 916 44.5% 41.4% 250 / 461 54.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 156 / 199 78.4% 70.9% 37 / 49 75.5% 70.6%
On the ground 125 / 156 80.1% 72.3% 88 / 119 73.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 406 / 883 46.0% 38.9% 219 / 435 50.3% 38.9%
To the body 171 / 255 67.1% 71.9% 65 / 87 74.7% 76.8%
To the legs 112 / 133 84.2% 81.8% 91 / 107 85.0% 87.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Krylov L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Lima L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 274 / 608 45.1% 40.4% 192 / 443 43.3% 40.7%
In the clinch 68 / 98 69.4% 68.7% 28 / 34 82.4% 70.6%
On the ground 91 / 129 70.5% 70.4% 32 / 53 60.4% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 374 / 761 49.1% 37.5% 186 / 442 42.1% 38.8%
To the body 37 / 50 74.0% 72.3% 45 / 62 72.6% 75.1%
To the legs 22 / 24 too few to rate 83.0% 21 / 26 80.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2338.3% acc · 2.19/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1145.8% acc · 1.60/15 · norm 0.95
2553.2% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1266.7% def · norm 64.3%
55:3835.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
45:4944.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
36:413:29 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
17:242:32 per 15 · norm 2:28
121.14/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
40.58/15 · norm 0.16

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