Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Chad Laprise

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
37
AgeΔ 3 yrs
40
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
84.4
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
92
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Olivier Aubin-Mercier hunts takedowns — 2.36 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Chad Laprise outworks the Welterweight division — 4.78 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 175
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.75 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Chad Laprise

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3632.48/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4104.78/min · norm 3.17
4342.97/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3083.59/min · norm 3.06
51.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 44.9%
55.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.3%norm 55.25%
20.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.52/15 · norm 0.38

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

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Distance 82.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.9% (norm 8.0%)

Chad Laprise

Distance 89.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.5% (norm 8.1%)

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

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Head 79.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.9%)

Chad Laprise

Head 78.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aubin-Mercier L/AAccLightweight med Laprise L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 262 / 581 45.1% 37.9% 349 / 859 40.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 57 / 68 83.8% 67.3% 28 / 46 60.9% 67.8%
On the ground 44 / 56 78.6% 69.1% 33 / 53 62.3% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 557 44.5% 35.0% 239 / 755 31.7% 37.2%
To the body 78 / 107 72.9% 69.1% 89 / 118 75.4% 70.7%
To the legs 37 / 41 90.2% 81.9% 82 / 85 96.5% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Aubin-Mercier L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Laprise L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 261 / 748 34.9% 38.9% 250 / 801 31.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 54 / 86 62.8% 68.6% 34 / 41 82.9% 68.9%
On the ground 119 / 149 79.9% 68.0% 24 / 45 53.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 274 / 757 36.2% 35.1% 165 / 685 24.1% 35.6%
To the body 98 / 148 66.2% 68.1% 61 / 99 61.6% 69.6%
To the legs 62 / 78 79.5% 81.5% 82 / 103 79.6% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2333.8% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
654.5% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 1.27
2470.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1178.6% def · norm 63.9%
43:3129.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
12:1714.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
34:043:29 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
3:080:32 per 15 · norm 3:15
50.51/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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