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Brian Ortega vs.
Chan Sung Jung

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

8-5-0 (1 NC) Brian Ortega · UFC
7-5-0 Chan Sung Jung · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
7-5-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
35.5
AgeΔ 3.9 yrs
39.4
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
69"
ReachΔ 3"
72"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
11.4
Layoff (months)Δ 23.9 mo
35.3
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Brian Ortega is a submission threat — 0.93 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Brian Ortega absorbs 6.38 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Chan Sung Jung is a submission threat — 0.69 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 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.

Brian Ortega

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.34 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.8 wins over .500

Chan Sung Jung

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7423.84/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5683.76/min · norm 3.54
12336.38/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
6714.44/min · norm 3.47
37.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.0%norm 45.0%
49.3%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
50.1%norm 54.85%
50.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
40.40/15 · norm 0.29

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

Brian Ortega

Distance 94.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 2.7% (norm 6.5%)

Chan Sung Jung

Distance 89.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Brian Ortega

Head 85.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.8%)

Chan Sung Jung

Head 89.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 6.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ortega L/AAccFeatherweight med Jung L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 657 / 1868 35.2% 40.9% 451 / 1235 36.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 49 / 65 75.4% 70.8% 32 / 40 80.0% 70.8%
On the ground 36 / 54 66.7% 69.2% 85 / 111 76.6% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 528 / 1704 31.0% 37.2% 457 / 1233 37.1% 37.2%
To the body 136 / 187 72.7% 68.2% 60 / 83 72.3% 68.2%
To the legs 78 / 96 81.2% 80.7% 51 / 70 72.9% 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 Ortega L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Jung L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1063 / 2176 48.9% 39.2% 606 / 1252 48.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 44 / 57 77.2% 70.3% 40 / 55 72.7% 70.3%
On the ground 126 / 198 63.6% 69.4% 25 / 38 65.8% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 875 / 1998 43.8% 35.9% 400 / 1005 39.8% 35.9%
To the body 185 / 242 76.4% 67.9% 127 / 160 79.4% 67.9%
To the legs 173 / 191 90.6% 81.5% 144 / 180 80.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1225.0% acc · 0.93/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
844.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.19
1854.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3071.4% def · norm 61.5%
16:388.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:4413.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
22:061:42 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
18:221:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
120.93/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
70.69/15 · norm 0.46

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

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