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Alan Patrick vs.
Mason Jones

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

5-4-0 (1 NC) Alan Patrick · UFC
4-2-0 (1 NC) Mason Jones · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

5-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-2-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
43
AgeΔ 11.7 yrs
31.3
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
50.8
Layoff (months)Δ 46.3 mo
4.5
LNCLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Mason Jones hunts takedowns — 3.48 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Alan Patrick hunts takedowns — 3.01 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Alan Patrick owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Alan Patrick

Full career not yet synced for Alan Patrick — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Mason Jones

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 42
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 130
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.72 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2091.82/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
5415.98/min · norm 3.42
3382.95/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4034.45/min · norm 3.37
40.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
42.8%norm 43.5%
43.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.17/15 · norm 0.25

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

Alan Patrick

Distance 80.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 8.0%)

Mason Jones

Distance 81.1% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 8.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Alan Patrick

Head 75.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 7.9%)

Mason Jones

Head 82.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Patrick L/AAccLightweight med Jones L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 414 33.8% 37.9% 385 / 1024 37.6% 37.9%
In the clinch 24 / 36 66.7% 67.3% 84 / 131 64.1% 67.3%
On the ground 45 / 63 71.4% 69.1% 72 / 108 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 127 / 385 33.0% 35.0% 374 / 1044 35.8% 35.0%
To the body 53 / 95 55.8% 69.1% 124 / 169 73.4% 69.1%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 81.9% 43 / 50 86.0% 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 Patrick L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jones L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 179 / 384 46.6% 38.9% 341 / 724 47.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 60 / 82 73.2% 68.6% 42 / 62 67.7% 68.6%
On the ground 99 / 132 75.0% 68.0% 20 / 35 57.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 214 / 439 48.7% 35.1% 270 / 637 42.4% 35.1%
To the body 93 / 125 74.4% 68.1% 96 / 142 67.6% 68.1%
To the legs 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5% 37 / 42 88.1% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2333.3% acc · 3.01/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2155.3% acc · 3.48/15 · norm 1.38
743.8% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1773.9% def · norm 64.0%
42:1136.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
25:3928.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
22:042:53 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
10:351:45 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.26/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.17/15 · norm 0.49

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

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