Elisha Ellison vs Gable Steveson — Compare

Compare any two UFC fighters

Elisha Ellison

5-2Heavyweight

Combat Sport & Fitness

Anchored to Heavyweight

Gable Steveson

3-0Heavyweight

La Bodega Fight Club

Data current through Jun 20, 2026

Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

Elisha EllisonvsGable Steveson

Age

younger

6'0"

183cm

Height

taller

6'1"

185cm

78"

198cm

Reach

—

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Activity & layoff

The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.

Matchup-relevant delta

Elisha has 4 months more layoff

Time since last UFC bout

Elisha8 months

Gable4 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Elisha Ellison

Within a year

8 monthssince last bout

vs Brando Pericic · Sep 27, 2025

Gable Steveson

Active

4 monthssince last bout

vs Hugo Lezama · Feb 19, 2026

Division context

Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Heavyweight roster (343 fighters).

Recent form

Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.

Elisha Ellison

Gable Steveson

Ellison — last 5

recent → old

KO R1

Pericic

Sep ’25

WEXCITEFI

KO R1

Brewster

Jan ’25

WFIGHTING

KO R1

Roundstone

Oct ’24

WEXCITEFI

KO R1

Burlington

Aug ’24

LEXCITEFI

SUB R1

Pearson

May ’24

Steveson — pre-UFC · last 3

recent → old

WMFL 3

KO R1

Lezama

Feb ’26

WANTHONY

KO R1

Hein

Nov ’25

WLFA

KO R1

Peterson

Sep ’25

Last 5 record

3-2

Even

3-0

Current streak

Ranked opps

0 of 5

Even

0 of 3

Layoff

9 mo

4 mo

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.

UFC only

Elisha Ellison

Schedule Score

Gable Steveson

—

Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

2 min

1 bout

Octagon time

—

UFC debut

Schedule strength

44%

—%

Win quality

—%

Ranked opponents

Even

Title-holder bouts

Even

Opponent quality distribution

every UFC bout, bucketed by who the opponent was at the time

Elisha Ellison

1 bout

Gable Steveson

0 bouts

No resolved UFC bouts.

Top-15

Pre-UFC opposition

non-UFC slate for Elisha Ellison, from opponents’ full pro records

Elisha Ellison

Developmental

Opponents' combined record

22-27

.449 win rate

Winning-record opponents

2 of 6

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	Elisha Ellison	Gable Steveson
Top-15	0-1	—

Elisha Ellison — bouts

L vs Brando Pericic44
Sep 27, 2025 · Top-15

Gable Steveson — bouts

No resolved UFC bouts.

All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

37th

+25

62nd

Steveson has the striking edge (+25).

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

Ellison’s offensevsSteveson’s defense

Head

54th

31.9

+16

39th

34.8

Body

57th

8.9

+14

43rd

9.4

Leg

56th

6.5

+12

44th

7.8

Steveson’s offensevsEllison’s defense

Head

56th

32.6

+27

29th

40.8

Body

57th

8.9

+16

41st

9.6

Leg

57th

6.8

+20

36th

8.8

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15	Career landed
Head	Elisha Ellison	around division average31.9	25%	well below average40.8	2
Head	Gable Steveson	above division average32.6	—	below division average34.8	0
Body	Elisha Ellison	above division average8.9	100%	below division average9.6	1
Body	Gable Steveson	above division average8.9	—	below division average9.4	0
Leg	Elisha Ellison	above division average6.5	—	below division average8.8	0
Leg	Gable Steveson	above division average6.8	—	below division average7.8	0

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.

UFC only

Elisha Ellison

Gable Steveson

Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).

Overall Grappling

Grappling

64th

Even

64th

Evenly matched grappling — no clear edge either way.

Takedowns

64th

0.0

Even

64th

0.0

Takedown accuracy

0/2

—

Takedown defense

—

Submission threat

71st

0.0

Even

71st

0.0

Control time

58th

1.7 min

Even

58th

0.0 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	Elisha Ellison	Gable Steveson
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	0.00	0.00
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	0%0 / 2	—0 / 0
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	—0 / 0	—0 / 0
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.00	0.00
Control time / 15 (min)career total	1.7 min0:13	0.0 min0:00
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	3.8 min0:29	0.0 min0:00

All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.

Finishing & durability

How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.

Elisha Ellison

Gable Steveson

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

Ellison5W–2L by finish · every finish in R1

Steveson3W–0L by finish · every finish in R1

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

Even

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

Even

67th

100%

Even

63rd

100%

Goes the distance

Both finishers

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Both finishers

Even

KO durability

↑14%·Steveson

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

↑14%·Steveson

48th

14%

+20

68th

Submission defense

↑14%·Steveson

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

↑14%·Steveson

22nd

14%

+26

48th

Full method breakdown

Outcome	Elisha Ellison	Gable Steveson
Wins
by KO / TKO	4(80%)	3(100%)
by submission	1(20%)	0(0%)
by decision	0(0%)	0(0%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	1(50%)	0
by submission	1(50%)	0
by decision	0(0%)	0

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.

Elisha Ellison

Gable Steveson

0 KO/TKO in 1 bout

Knockout rate

0 KO/TKO in 0 bouts

0.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns dealt

—

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

0.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns absorbed

—

Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Elisha EllisonFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
vs Brando Pericic8 months ago
UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes · Sep 27, 2025 · R1 · 1:55
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Gable StevesonFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Pace & fade

How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

Elisha Ellison

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Gable Steveson

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Neither fighter has reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

Not enough shared rounds with per-round data to plot a comparable pace curve — at least one fighter rarely sees the later rounds.

Full per-round breakdown — both fighters

Round	Fighter	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	Elisha Ellison	5.1	1.6	15.1	1.04	11%	1
R1	Gable Steveson	—	—	—	—	—	—

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.

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