Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher

UFC 10-7-1 vs. 9-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-7-1
UFC record
9-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41
AgeΔ 9 yrs
50
5'7"
HeightΔ 0"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
121
Layoff (months)Δ 48.5 mo
169.5
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Thiago Tavares is a submission threat — 1.46 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.
Thiago Tavares hunts takedowns — 3.83 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Spencer Fisher is a submission threat — 0.75 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Thiago Tavares

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 129
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.03 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Spencer Fisher

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 151

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 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

3292.00/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
6373.17/min · norm 3.42
3792.31/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
6093.03/min · norm 3.37
40.1%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
43.5%norm 43.5%
62.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
64.1%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
30.22/15 · norm 0.25

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

Thiago Tavares

Distance 75.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 6.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 18.2% (norm 8.0%)

Spencer Fisher

Distance 76.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 16.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 6.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Thiago Tavares

Head 82.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 7.9%)

Spencer Fisher

Head 71.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Tavares L/AAccLightweight med Fisher L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 618 33.8% 37.9% 404 / 1122 36.0% 37.9%
In the clinch 30 / 53 56.6% 67.3% 172 / 241 71.4% 67.3%
On the ground 90 / 149 60.4% 69.1% 61 / 101 60.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 680 33.7% 35.0% 305 / 1049 29.1% 35.0%
To the body 76 / 106 71.7% 69.1% 203 / 262 77.5% 69.1%
To the legs 24 / 34 70.6% 81.9% 129 / 153 84.3% 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 Tavares L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Fisher L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 224 / 783 28.6% 38.9% 377 / 1301 29.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 59 / 97 60.8% 68.6% 111 / 151 73.5% 68.6%
On the ground 96 / 139 69.1% 68.0% 121 / 246 49.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 243 / 834 29.1% 35.1% 343 / 1324 25.9% 35.1%
To the body 69 / 102 67.6% 68.1% 146 / 228 64.0% 68.1%
To the legs 67 / 83 80.7% 81.5% 120 / 146 82.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4242.9% acc · 3.83/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
930.0% acc · 0.67/15 · norm 1.38
2262.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5860.4% def · norm 64.0%
63:2738.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
25:1312.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
33:293:03 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
74:105:32 per 15 · norm 2:46
161.46/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
100.75/15 · norm 0.49

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