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ChangHo Lee vs.
Xiao Long

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

2-1-0 ChangHo Lee · UFC
1-3-0 Xiao Long · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-1-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 4 yrs
28
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
69"
ReachΔ 1"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
9.1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.1 mo
5
LWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWL
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.

ChangHo Lee hunts takedowns — 2.71 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
ChangHo Lee owns the mat — in control 36% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Xiao Long outworks the Bantamweight division — 4.99 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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.

ChangHo Lee

Full career not yet synced for ChangHo Lee — 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 -0.7 wins over .500

Xiao Long

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1433.69/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
2824.99/min · norm 3.52
1022.63/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2344.14/min · norm 3.58
65.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 43.4%
35.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
46.6%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.27/15 · norm 0.30

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

ChangHo Lee

Distance 37.0% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 40.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 22.8% (norm 6.5%)

Xiao Long

Distance 80.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 18.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

ChangHo Lee

Head 61.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 34.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.7% (norm 8.4%)

Xiao Long

Head 67.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccBantamweight med Long L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 81 46.9% 39.0% 195 / 494 39.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 68 / 88 77.3% 68.7% 80 / 115 69.6% 68.7%
On the ground 37 / 50 74.0% 70.2% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 135 59.3% 34.9% 157 / 417 37.6% 34.9%
To the body 58 / 76 76.3% 66.8% 67 / 111 60.4% 66.8%
To the legs 5 / 8 too few to rate 79.4% 58 / 89 65.2% 79.4%

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: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Lee L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Long L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 52 / 90 57.8% 39.3% 141 / 318 44.3% 39.3%
In the clinch 50 / 69 72.5% 70.4% 93 / 120 77.5% 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 94 54.3% 34.9% 124 / 306 40.5% 34.9%
To the body 40 / 54 74.1% 66.0% 98 / 117 83.8% 66.0%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 79.1% 12 / 15 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

733.3% acc · 2.71/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
330.0% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.12
650.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2288.0% def · norm 66.7%
13:5135.7% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
7:5213.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
14:225:33 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
2:550:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.39/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

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