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Casey Kenney vs. Song Yadong

UFC 5-3-0 vs. 13-4-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-3-0
UFC record
13-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
35
AgeΔ 7 yrs
28
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 1"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
62.4
Layoff (months)Δ 60.7 mo
1.7
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Song Yadong carries real power — 0.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Casey Kenney outworks the Bantamweight division — 4.96 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.
Casey Kenney absorbs 4.83 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Casey Kenney

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 64
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.26 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Song Yadong

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5364.96/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9694.26/min · norm 3.52
5224.83/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8553.76/min · norm 3.58
45.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 43.5%
58.9%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
80.53/15 · norm 0.29

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

Casey Kenney

Distance 94.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 1.5% (norm 6.4%)

Song Yadong

Distance 91.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.4%)

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

Casey Kenney

Head 72.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 8.4%)

Song Yadong

Head 76.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Kenney L/AAccBantamweight med Song L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 484 / 1116 43.4% 39.2% 833 / 2027 41.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 50 72.0% 69.0% 57 / 79 72.2% 69.0%
On the ground 16 / 18 too few to rate 70.2% 79 / 111 71.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 859 33.1% 35.3% 592 / 1696 34.9% 35.3%
To the body 140 / 197 71.1% 66.9% 185 / 275 67.3% 66.9%
To the legs 112 / 128 87.5% 79.2% 192 / 246 78.0% 79.2%

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 (Bantamweight: 121 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Kenney L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Song L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 458 / 1189 38.5% 39.4% 776 / 1792 43.3% 39.4%
In the clinch 36 / 46 78.3% 70.6% 38 / 52 73.1% 70.6%
On the ground 28 / 34 82.4% 72.1% 41 / 50 82.0% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 284 / 948 30.0% 34.9% 492 / 1397 35.2% 34.9%
To the body 122 / 194 62.9% 66.1% 172 / 263 65.4% 66.1%
To the legs 116 / 127 91.3% 78.8% 191 / 234 81.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
736.8% acc · 0.97/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1241.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.12
3055.6% def · norm 65.7%
Takedowns stopped
5073.5% def · norm 65.7%
14:1913.3% of cage time · norm 17.8%
Control time
29:2913.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
20:492:53 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control lower is better
21:091:23 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.28/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.26/15 · norm 0.28

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