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Danny Chavez vs. Jared Gordon

UFC 1-2-1 vs. 9-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-1
UFC record
9-8-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
39
AgeΔ 1 yrs
38
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
67"
ReachΔ 1"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
52.1
Layoff (months)Δ 46.7 mo
5.4
LDLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jared Gordon owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
Danny Chavez hunts takedowns — 1.95 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Jared Gordon outworks the Lightweight division — 5.57 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Danny Chavez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.48 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 18 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Jared Gordon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1322.86/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
10505.57/min · norm 3.44
1773.83/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7754.11/min · norm 3.38
38.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
53.7%norm 43.65%
51.0%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
55.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.16/15 · norm 0.25

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

Danny Chavez

Distance 90.1% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jared Gordon

Distance 78.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Danny Chavez

Head 76.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 9.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 7.9%)

Jared Gordon

Head 81.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Chavez L/AAccFeatherweight med Gordon L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 109 / 308 35.4% 40.5% 737 / 1538 47.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 11 / 18 too few to rate 70.5% 127 / 168 75.6% 67.5%
On the ground 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.3% 186 / 248 75.0% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 73 / 260 28.1% 37.1% 778 / 1594 48.8% 35.1%
To the body 20 / 31 64.5% 68.0% 173 / 245 70.6% 69.1%
To the legs 39 / 51 76.5% 80.3% 99 / 115 86.1% 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 (Featherweight: 127 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 Chavez L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Gordon L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 151 / 324 46.6% 39.3% 618 / 1548 39.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.3% 99 / 128 77.3% 68.6%
On the ground 9 / 13 too few to rate 69.4% 58 / 65 89.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 78 / 232 33.6% 35.9% 533 / 1430 37.3% 35.2%
To the body 47 / 66 71.2% 68.0% 159 / 219 72.6% 68.2%
To the legs 52 / 63 82.5% 81.5% 83 / 92 90.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
660.0% acc · 1.95/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
2434.8% acc · 1.91/15 · norm 1.34
1487.5% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
2660.5% def · norm 63.7%
2:506.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
63:4233.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
10:443:29 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
22:301:47 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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