Noah Gugnon vs. Kody Steele
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Noah Gugnon
Full career not yet synced for Noah Gugnon — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Kody Steele
Full career not yet synced for Kody Steele — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Noah Gugnon
Distance 88.2% (norm 83.0%) · Clinch 8.8% (norm 7.1%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 8.0%)
Kody Steele
Distance 96.9% (norm 83.0%) · Clinch 1.9% (norm 7.1%) · Ground 1.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Noah Gugnon
Head 85.3% (norm 78.1%) · Body 0.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.7% (norm 8.0%)
Kody Steele
Head 91.6% (norm 78.1%) · Body 6.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Gugnon L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Steele L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 31 / 60 | 51.7% | 38.4% | 80 / 254 | 31.5% | 38.4% |
| In the clinch | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 67.5% | 2 / 5 | too few to rate | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 0 / 2 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 27 / 58 | 46.6% | 35.3% | 68 / 240 | 28.3% | 35.3% |
| To the body | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% | 13 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| To the legs | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 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 (Lightweight: 205 fighters · Lightweight: 205 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 Gugnon L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Steele L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 27 / 66 | 40.9% | 38.9% | 152 / 294 | 51.7% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 5 / 6 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 25 / 63 | 39.7% | 35.2% | 134 / 271 | 49.4% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 4 / 9 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 2 / 2 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 19 / 20 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Steele has more cage time on record.