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Christian Rodriguez vs.
Jonathan Pearce

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

6-4-0 Christian Rodriguez · UFC
5-4-0 Jonathan Pearce · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-4-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
28.6
AgeΔ 5.7 yrs
34.3
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 20.3 mo
21.8
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Jonathan Pearce hunts takedowns — 5.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Christian Rodriguez is a submission threat — 1.27 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Jonathan Pearce owns the mat — in control 46% of cage time, vs a 17% 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.

Christian Rodriguez

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

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Jonathan Pearce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 84
Tier 3 — regional circuit 63

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4393.73/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3624.18/min · norm 3.54
3432.92/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2472.85/min · norm 3.47
52.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
53.3%norm 45.0%
56.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 54.85%
10.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Christian Rodriguez

Distance 77.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 6.5%)

Jonathan Pearce

Distance 68.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 12.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 19.6% (norm 6.5%)

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

Christian Rodriguez

Head 83.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.5% (norm 7.8%)

Jonathan Pearce

Head 79.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rodriguez L/AAccFeatherweight med Pearce L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 298 / 648 46.0% 40.9% 187 / 462 40.5% 40.9%
In the clinch 76 / 102 74.5% 70.8% 71 / 84 84.5% 70.8%
On the ground 65 / 89 73.0% 69.2% 104 / 133 78.2% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 703 45.8% 37.2% 254 / 539 47.1% 37.2%
To the body 78 / 90 86.7% 68.2% 67 / 95 70.5% 68.2%
To the legs 39 / 46 84.8% 80.7% 41 / 45 91.1% 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 Rodriguez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Pearce L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 253 / 660 38.3% 39.2% 203 / 483 42.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 50 / 71 70.4% 70.3% 24 / 40 60.0% 70.3%
On the ground 40 / 50 80.0% 69.4% 20 / 25 80.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 216 / 594 36.4% 35.9% 186 / 470 39.6% 35.9%
To the body 75 / 107 70.1% 67.9% 45 / 61 73.8% 67.9%
To the legs 52 / 80 65.0% 81.5% 16 / 17 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1640.0% acc · 2.04/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2950.0% acc · 5.02/15 · norm 1.19
5166.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1250.0% def · norm 61.5%
28:2724.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
39:3945.7% of cage time · norm 16.7%
40:555:13 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
13:002:14 per 15 · norm 3:12
101.27/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
50.87/15 · 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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