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Chris Padilla vs. Jai Herbert

UFC 5-0-1 vs. 5-5-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-0-1
UFC record
5-5-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 1.6 mo
0.3
WDWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jai Herbert carries real power — 0.74 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Chris Padilla outworks the Lightweight division — 6.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
Jai Herbert rarely shoots — 0.37 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Chris Padilla

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Jai Herbert

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 50
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.97 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4556.67/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
3953.24/min · norm 3.44
3314.85/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4013.29/min · norm 3.38
54.4%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
40.4%norm 43.65%
51.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
52.7%norm 56.3%
10.22/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
60.74/15 · norm 0.25

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

Chris Padilla

Distance 88.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

Jai Herbert

Distance 88.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Chris Padilla

Head 60.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 26.2% (norm 8.0%)

Jai Herbert

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Padilla L/AAccLightweight med Herbert L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 380 / 742 51.2% 38.3% 311 / 866 35.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 48 / 59 81.4% 67.5% 56 / 65 86.2% 67.5%
On the ground 27 / 35 77.1% 68.8% 28 / 46 60.9% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 229 / 507 45.2% 35.1% 207 / 732 28.3% 35.1%
To the body 76 / 110 69.1% 69.1% 119 / 160 74.4% 69.1%
To the legs 150 / 219 68.5% 81.8% 69 / 85 81.2% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Padilla L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Herbert L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 290 / 633 45.8% 38.8% 300 / 717 41.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 41 / 49 83.7% 68.6% 60 / 75 80.0% 68.6%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0% 41 / 55 74.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 526 38.6% 35.2% 223 / 590 37.8% 35.2%
To the body 72 / 90 80.0% 68.2% 76 / 114 66.7% 68.2%
To the legs 56 / 66 84.8% 81.5% 102 / 143 71.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
529.4% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
320.0% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 1.34
1083.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2464.9% def · norm 63.7%
11:1616.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
20:3916.9% of cage time · norm 18.95%
0:440:09 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
29:073:34 per 15 · norm 2:50
20.44/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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