Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Thibault Gouti

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 1-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
1-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
84.4
Layoff (months)Δ 9 mo
93.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Olivier Aubin-Mercier hunts takedowns — 2.36 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Thibault Gouti absorbs 5.64 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight 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

Thibault Gouti

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 37
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 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
1803.68/min · norm 3.42
4342.97/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2765.64/min · norm 3.37
51.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
34.5%norm 43.5%
55.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.3%norm 56.3%
20.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.31/15 · norm 0.25

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%)

Thibault Gouti

Distance 89.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 8.0%)

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%)

Thibault Gouti

Head 87.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Aubin-Mercier L/AAccLightweight med Gouti L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 262 / 581 45.1% 37.9% 145 / 466 31.1% 37.9%
In the clinch 57 / 68 83.8% 67.3% 17 / 33 51.5% 67.3%
On the ground 44 / 56 78.6% 69.1% 18 / 23 too few to rate 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 248 / 557 44.5% 35.0% 140 / 455 30.8% 35.0%
To the body 78 / 107 72.9% 69.1% 22 / 40 55.0% 69.1%
To the legs 37 / 41 90.2% 81.9% 18 / 27 66.7% 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 Aubin-Mercier L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Gouti L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 261 / 748 34.9% 38.9% 178 / 405 44.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 54 / 86 62.8% 68.6% 30 / 47 63.8% 68.6%
On the ground 119 / 149 79.9% 68.0% 68 / 103 66.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 274 / 757 36.2% 35.1% 202 / 455 44.4% 35.1%
To the body 98 / 148 66.2% 68.1% 48 / 70 68.6% 68.1%
To the legs 62 / 78 79.5% 81.5% 26 / 30 86.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2333.8% acc · 2.36/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 1.23/15 · norm 1.38
2470.6% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2083.3% def · norm 64.0%
43:3129.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:0814.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
34:043:29 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:044:00 per 15 · norm 2:46
50.51/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.31/15 · norm 0.49

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