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Diego Sanchez vs.
Myles Jury

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

19-13-0 Diego Sanchez · UFC
8-4-0 Myles Jury · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

19-13-0
UFC record
8-4-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
44
AgeΔ 7 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
70.3
Layoff (months)Δ 19.3 mo
89.6
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWL
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.

Myles Jury carries real power — 0.41 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Myles Jury owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Diego Sanchez is a submission threat — 0.68 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 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.

Diego Sanchez

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

In the UFC: 10-12 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.6 wins over .500

Myles Jury

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

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

10582.66/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3272.94/min · norm 3.42
12383.12/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
2402.16/min · norm 3.37
37.3%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
42.6%norm 43.5%
56.5%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
66.8%norm 56.3%
60.23/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.41/15 · norm 0.25

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

Diego Sanchez

Distance 74.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 18.9% (norm 8.1%)

Myles Jury

Distance 77.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 20.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Diego Sanchez

Head 83.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Myles Jury

Head 78.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Sanchez L/AAccWelterweight med Jury L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 612 / 2110 29.0% 38.6% 214 / 597 35.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 112 / 188 59.6% 67.8% 13 / 14 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 334 / 535 62.4% 67.2% 100 / 156 64.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 730 / 2355 31.0% 37.2% 224 / 601 37.3% 35.0%
To the body 250 / 378 66.1% 70.7% 37 / 69 53.6% 69.1%
To the legs 78 / 100 78.0% 82.9% 66 / 97 68.0% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Sanchez L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Jury L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 862 / 2235 38.6% 39.0% 196 / 661 29.7% 38.9%
In the clinch 198 / 303 65.3% 68.9% 8 / 14 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 178 / 309 57.6% 68.0% 36 / 48 75.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 954 / 2483 38.4% 35.6% 122 / 509 24.0% 35.1%
To the body 178 / 236 75.4% 69.6% 44 / 103 42.7% 68.1%
To the legs 106 / 128 82.8% 82.1% 74 / 111 66.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3621.7% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1655.2% acc · 2.16/15 · norm 1.38
3347.1% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
450.0% def · norm 64.0%
99:2225.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
34:0730.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
62:342:21 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
10:561:28 per 15 · norm 2:46
180.68/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.27/15 · norm 0.49

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

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