Timothy Johnson vs. Marcelo Golm

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 1-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
41
AgeΔ 8 yrs
33
6'3"
HeightΔ 0"
6'3"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
102.1
Layoff (months)Δ 14.5 mo
87.6
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Marcelo Golm is a submission threat — 0.45 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Timothy Johnson owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Marcelo Golm rarely shoots — 0.45 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Timothy Johnson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 911
Tier 3 — regional circuit 92

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.59 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Marcelo Golm

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 36
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.8 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 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

2843.43/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1424.27/min · norm 3.36
2553.08/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1434.30/min · norm 3.19
45.3%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
58.4%norm 47.8%
44.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
45.8%norm 52.5%
10.18/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Timothy Johnson

Distance 62.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 28.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 9.3%)

Marcelo Golm

Distance 64.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 26.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 9.3%)

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

Timothy Johnson

Head 78.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.6%)

Marcelo Golm

Head 77.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccHeavyweight med Golm L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 111 / 391 28.4% 40.1% 72 / 156 46.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 133 / 178 74.7% 70.6% 50 / 64 78.1% 70.6%
On the ground 40 / 58 69.0% 70.2% 20 / 23 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 489 37.2% 38.9% 93 / 188 49.5% 38.9%
To the body 49 / 72 68.1% 76.8% 24 / 29 82.8% 76.8%
To the legs 53 / 66 80.3% 87.8% 25 / 26 96.2% 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 Johnson L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Golm L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 339 45.7% 40.7% 64 / 164 39.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 90 / 108 83.3% 70.6% 70 / 89 78.7% 70.6%
On the ground 10 / 12 too few to rate 72.0% 9 / 11 too few to rate 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 162 / 350 46.3% 38.8% 100 / 211 47.4% 38.8%
To the body 67 / 81 82.7% 75.1% 30 / 37 81.1% 75.1%
To the legs 26 / 28 92.9% 84.4% 13 / 16 too few to rate 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
624.0% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.45/15 · norm 0.95
969.2% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
787.5% def · norm 64.3%
33:5240.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
2:538.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
9:401:45 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
12:485:46 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.45/15 · norm 0.16

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