Robelis Despaigne vs. Austen Lane

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 1-5-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
1-5-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
37
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
6'7"
HeightΔ 1"
6'6"
84"
ReachΔ 4"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
21.6
Layoff (months)Δ 17 mo
4.6
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Austen Lane owns the mat — in control 42% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Robelis Despaigne rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Austen Lane hunts takedowns — 1.74 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Robelis Despaigne

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 8 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Austen Lane

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 26
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

642.11/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
852.47/min · norm 3.36
772.54/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
882.56/min · norm 3.19
59.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
51.5%norm 47.8%
46.5%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
36.2%norm 52.5%
10.50/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.44/15 · norm 0.28

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

Robelis Despaigne

Distance 87.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 9.3%)

Austen Lane

Distance 83.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 9.3%)

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

Robelis Despaigne

Head 77.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.8% (norm 7.6%)

Austen Lane

Head 67.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 20.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Despaigne L/AAccHeavyweight med Lane L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 94 55.3% 40.1% 72 / 138 52.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 10 / 11 too few to rate 70.6% 1 / 5 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.2% 12 / 22 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 41 / 83 49.4% 38.9% 43 / 111 38.7% 38.9%
To the body 4 / 5 too few to rate 76.8% 25 / 33 75.8% 76.8%
To the legs 19 / 19 too few to rate 87.8% 17 / 21 too few to rate 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 (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 Despaigne L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Lane L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 57 59.6% 40.7% 58 / 100 58.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.6% 15 / 20 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 43 / 86 50.0% 72.0% 15 / 18 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 52 / 116 44.8% 38.8% 66 / 114 57.9% 38.8%
To the body 7 / 8 too few to rate 75.1% 8 / 8 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 18 / 20 too few to rate 84.4% 14 / 16 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
430.8% acc · 1.74/15 · norm 0.95
650.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 64.3%
0:211.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
14:2041.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
18:479:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:021:45 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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