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David Bielkheden vs.
Jess Liaudin

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 David Bielkheden · UFC
2-3-0 Jess Liaudin · 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
2-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
47
Age
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
207.6
Layoff (months)Δ 6 mo
213.6
LWL
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.

Jess Liaudin is a submission threat — 1.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
David Bielkheden hunts takedowns — 4.26 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Jess Liaudin hunts takedowns — 3.28 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.

David Bielkheden

Full career not yet synced for David Bielkheden — 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 +1.3 wins over .500

Jess Liaudin

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

411.66/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
902.46/min · norm 3.17
562.27/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
1012.76/min · norm 3.06
69.5%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 44.9%
52.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
41.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.82/15 · norm 0.38

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

David Bielkheden

Distance 10.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 39.0% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 50.8% (norm 8.0%)

Jess Liaudin

Distance 59.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)

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

David Bielkheden

Head 84.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 10.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.9%)

Jess Liaudin

Head 85.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bielkheden L/AAccLightweight med Liaudin L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 6 too few to rate 37.9% 40 / 104 38.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 20 / 23 too few to rate 67.3% 35 / 44 79.5% 67.8%
On the ground 20 / 30 66.7% 69.1% 15 / 27 55.6% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 32 / 50 64.0% 35.0% 70 / 150 46.7% 37.2%
To the body 6 / 6 too few to rate 69.1% 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 3 / 3 too few to rate 81.9% 11 / 13 too few to rate 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Bielkheden L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Liaudin L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1 / 9 too few to rate 38.9% 27 / 66 40.9% 39.0%
In the clinch 8 / 8 too few to rate 68.6% 42 / 51 82.4% 68.9%
On the ground 47 / 101 46.5% 68.0% 32 / 56 57.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 112 44.6% 35.1% 67 / 138 48.6% 35.6%
To the body 5 / 5 too few to rate 68.1% 22 / 22 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 1 / 1 too few to rate 81.5% 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

763.6% acc · 4.26/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
853.3% acc · 3.28/15 · norm 1.27
125.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
430.8% def · norm 63.9%
10:1741.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
13:5037.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
11:417:06 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:525:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
41.64/15 · norm 0.45

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

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