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Austin Lingo vs.
Jacob Kilburn

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

2-3-0 Austin Lingo · UFC
0-2-0 Jacob Kilburn · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
32.1
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31.1
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
36.7
Layoff (months)Δ 29.9 mo
66.6
LLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Jacob Kilburn absorbs 7.25 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Opponents land 60% of their head shots on Jacob Kilburn, vs a 36% Featherweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Austin Lingo rarely shoots — 0.43 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Austin Lingo

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Jacob Kilburn

Full career not yet synced for Jacob Kilburn — 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 -0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2673.86/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
672.88/min · norm 3.54
3364.86/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1697.25/min · norm 3.47
37.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
32.4%norm 45.0%
57.4%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
36.9%norm 54.85%
20.43/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Austin Lingo

Distance 98.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.6% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.1% (norm 6.5%)

Jacob Kilburn

Distance 94.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Austin Lingo

Head 82.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 7.8%)

Jacob Kilburn

Head 84.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lingo L/AAccFeatherweight med Kilburn L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 264 / 697 37.9% 40.9% 62 / 195 31.8% 40.9%
In the clinch 3 / 11 too few to rate 70.8% 4 / 9 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 1 / 3 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 586 31.2% 37.2% 47 / 174 27.0% 37.2%
To the body 66 / 97 68.0% 68.2% 11 / 23 too few to rate 68.2%
To the legs 18 / 26 69.2% 80.7% 9 / 10 too few to rate 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Lingo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Kilburn L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 317 / 756 41.9% 39.2% 95 / 179 53.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 13 / 22 too few to rate 70.3% 6 / 8 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 6 / 11 too few to rate 69.4% 68 / 81 84.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 557 30.9% 35.9% 144 / 240 60.0% 35.9%
To the body 97 / 157 61.8% 67.9% 19 / 22 too few to rate 67.9%
To the legs 67 / 75 89.3% 81.5% 6 / 6 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 0.43/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
15.6% acc · 0.64/15 · norm 1.19
3475.6% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
133.3% def · norm 61.5%
6:469.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
1:225.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
11:142:26 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
11:147:13 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.64/15 · norm 0.46

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

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