Ryan Jensen vs. Wilson Gouveia

UFC 2-6-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-6-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
48
AgeΔ 1 yrs
47
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
183.3
Layoff (months)Δ 16.5 mo
199.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Wilson Gouveia is a submission threat — 2.25 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Ryan Jensen is a submission threat — 2.20 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Wilson Gouveia carries real power — 0.90 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Ryan Jensen

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 182

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Wilson Gouveia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 3 — regional circuit 94

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.77 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1002.94/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
2013.02/min · norm 3.41
1073.15/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
2704.06/min · norm 3.35
40.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
40.0%norm 48.3%
59.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.5%norm 52.9%
10.44/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.90/15 · norm 0.40

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

Ryan Jensen

Distance 64.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 31.0% (norm 10.3%)

Wilson Gouveia

Distance 80.7% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 13.3% (norm 10.4%)

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

Ryan Jensen

Head 87.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 8.4%)

Wilson Gouveia

Head 83.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 1.8% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 14.5% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jensen L/AAccMiddleweight med Gouveia L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 160 35.6% 40.5% 148 / 406 36.5% 41.4%
In the clinch 7 / 11 too few to rate 70.3% 15 / 30 50.0% 70.9%
On the ground 36 / 77 46.8% 69.1% 38 / 67 56.7% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 218 36.7% 38.9% 134 / 421 31.8% 38.9%
To the body 10 / 17 too few to rate 71.7% 8 / 9 too few to rate 71.9%
To the legs 10 / 13 too few to rate 83.3% 59 / 73 80.8% 81.8%

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 (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Light 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 Jensen L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Gouveia L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 75 / 212 35.4% 39.5% 166 / 424 39.2% 40.4%
In the clinch 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.9% 27 / 45 60.0% 68.7%
On the ground 31 / 46 67.4% 69.0% 77 / 152 50.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 56 / 193 29.0% 37.9% 172 / 507 33.9% 37.5%
To the body 23 / 36 63.9% 71.3% 39 / 47 83.0% 72.3%
To the legs 28 / 33 84.8% 82.1% 59 / 67 88.1% 83.0%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
450.0% acc · 1.76/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
466.7% acc · 0.90/15 · norm 0.87
428.6% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1157.9% def · norm 66.7%
8:1524.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:5111.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
7:463:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
15:223:27 per 15 · norm 2:48
52.20/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
102.25/15 · norm 0.27

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