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Chan Sung Jung vs.
Yair Rodriguez

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

7-5-0 Chan Sung Jung · UFC
11-4-0 (1 NC) Yair Rodriguez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

7-5-0
UFC record
11-4-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39.4
AgeΔ 5.6 yrs
33.8
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
35.3
Layoff (months)Δ 19.5 mo
15.8
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.

Chan Sung Jung is a submission threat — 0.69 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Yair Rodriguez rarely shoots — 0.71 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Yair Rodriguez is a submission threat — 0.64 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.

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

Yair Rodriguez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 3 — regional circuit 91

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 26 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5683.76/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
9844.65/min · norm 3.54
6714.44/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
8013.78/min · norm 3.47
41.0%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 45.0%
50.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 54.85%
40.40/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.35/15 · norm 0.29

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

Chan Sung Jung

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

Yair Rodriguez

Distance 84.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Chan Sung Jung

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

Yair Rodriguez

Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jung L/AAccFeatherweight med Rodriguez L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 451 / 1235 36.5% 40.9% 769 / 1761 43.7% 40.9%
In the clinch 32 / 40 80.0% 70.8% 64 / 93 68.8% 70.8%
On the ground 85 / 111 76.6% 69.2% 151 / 242 62.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 457 / 1233 37.1% 37.2% 544 / 1533 35.5% 37.2%
To the body 60 / 83 72.3% 68.2% 193 / 278 69.4% 68.2%
To the legs 51 / 70 72.9% 80.7% 247 / 285 86.7% 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 Jung L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Rodriguez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 606 / 1252 48.4% 39.2% 532 / 1323 40.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 40 / 55 72.7% 70.3% 69 / 98 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 25 / 38 65.8% 69.4% 200 / 276 72.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 400 / 1005 39.8% 35.9% 572 / 1376 41.6% 35.9%
To the body 127 / 160 79.4% 67.9% 136 / 181 75.1% 67.9%
To the legs 144 / 180 80.0% 81.5% 93 / 140 66.4% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

844.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
1029.4% acc · 0.71/15 · norm 1.19
3071.4% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
4159.4% def · norm 61.5%
19:4413.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
17:538.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
18:221:49 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
60:004:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
70.69/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
90.64/15 · norm 0.46

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

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