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Daichi Abe vs.
Li Jingliang

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

1-2-0 Daichi Abe · UFC
11-7-0 Li Jingliang · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
11-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34.7
AgeΔ 3.7 yrs
38.4
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
97.4
Layoff (months)Δ 73.8 mo
23.6
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Li Jingliang carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Daichi Abe's takedown defense leaks — 0% stopped, vs a 64% Welterweight norm.
Daichi Abe rarely shoots — 0.33 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Daichi Abe

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

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

Li Jingliang

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1713.80/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8464.46/min · norm 3.17
2024.49/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
7483.95/min · norm 3.06
33.7%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 44.9%
56.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.6%norm 55.25%
10.33/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
100.79/15 · norm 0.38

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

Daichi Abe

Distance 92.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 8.1%)

Li Jingliang

Distance 90.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

Daichi Abe

Head 79.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 5.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 8.4%)

Li Jingliang

Head 73.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Abe L/AAccWelterweight med Jingliang L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 470 31.1% 38.6% 736 / 1811 40.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 11 / 20 too few to rate 67.8% 40 / 75 53.3% 67.8%
On the ground 14 / 18 too few to rate 67.2% 70 / 108 64.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 404 25.2% 37.2% 476 / 1469 32.4% 37.2%
To the body 12 / 27 44.4% 70.7% 108 / 167 64.7% 70.7%
To the legs 57 / 77 74.0% 82.9% 262 / 358 73.2% 82.9%

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 (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 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 Abe L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Jingliang L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 196 / 456 43.0% 39.0% 597 / 1516 39.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 3 / 8 too few to rate 68.9% 62 / 94 66.0% 68.9%
On the ground 3 / 5 too few to rate 68.0% 89 / 113 78.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 93 / 312 29.8% 35.6% 543 / 1443 37.6% 35.6%
To the body 28 / 49 57.1% 69.6% 99 / 151 65.6% 69.6%
To the legs 81 / 108 75.0% 82.1% 106 / 129 82.2% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1541.7% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.27
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2660.5% def · norm 63.9%
0:220.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:248.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
0:130:04 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
29:572:22 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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

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