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Da Woon Jung vs.
Kennedy Nzechukwu

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

4-4-1 Da Woon Jung · UFC
8-6-1 Kennedy Nzechukwu · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-1
UFC record
8-6-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
32.7
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
34.1
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'5"
78"
ReachΔ 5"
83"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
22.2
Layoff (months)Δ 14.4 mo
7.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
DLWWL
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.

Da Woon Jung hunts takedowns — 1.59 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Kennedy Nzechukwu outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 4.68 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 norm.
Kennedy Nzechukwu rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

Da Woon Jung

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3053.24/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6244.68/min · norm 3.41
3984.23/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
6034.52/min · norm 3.35
40.7%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
49.6%norm 48.3%
49.3%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 52.9%
30.48/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.34/15 · norm 0.40

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

Da Woon Jung

Distance 88.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 10.4%)

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Distance 85.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 10.4%)

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

Da Woon Jung

Head 79.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Head 87.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jung L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Nzechukwu L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 240 / 665 36.1% 41.4% 472 / 1069 44.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 39 / 52 75.0% 70.9% 81 / 99 81.8% 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 32 81.2% 72.3% 71 / 89 79.8% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 201 / 597 33.7% 38.9% 510 / 1096 46.5% 38.9%
To the body 42 / 72 58.3% 71.9% 108 / 152 71.1% 71.9%
To the legs 62 / 80 77.5% 81.8% 6 / 9 too few to rate 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 accLight Heavyweight med vs Nzechukwu L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 330 / 688 48.0% 40.4% 496 / 1080 45.9% 40.4%
In the clinch 51 / 73 69.9% 68.7% 79 / 114 69.3% 68.7%
On the ground 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.4% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 254 / 615 41.3% 37.5% 370 / 946 39.1% 37.5%
To the body 55 / 70 78.6% 72.3% 118 / 154 76.6% 72.3%
To the legs 89 / 100 89.0% 83.0% 115 / 135 85.2% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1047.6% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
545.5% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 0.87
2275.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
6380.8% def · norm 66.7%
20:4822.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
24:0118.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
13:122:06 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
26:573:01 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.16/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
20.22/15 · norm 0.27

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

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