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Dooho Choi vs. Jeremy Stephens

UFC 6-4-1 vs. 15-20-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-1
UFC record
15-20-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
35
AgeΔ 5 yrs
40
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
Layoff (months)Δ 4.4 mo
5.4
LWWWD
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Dooho Choi carries real power — 0.87 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jeremy Stephens carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Dooho Choi outworks the Featherweight division — 5.03 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Dooho Choi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 63
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Jeremy Stephens

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1622
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-17 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4365.03/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
12813.13/min · norm 3.44
4064.69/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
13273.25/min · norm 3.38
54.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
40.8%norm 43.65%
56.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 56.3%
50.87/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
180.66/15 · norm 0.25

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

Dooho Choi

Distance 85.4% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.5%)

Jeremy Stephens

Distance 84.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Dooho Choi

Head 81.2% (norm 77.5%) · Body 11.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.3% (norm 7.9%)

Jeremy Stephens

Head 77.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Choi L/AAccFeatherweight med Stephens L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 342 / 678 50.4% 40.5% 942 / 2637 35.7% 38.3%
In the clinch 41 / 55 74.5% 70.5% 126 / 175 72.0% 67.5%
On the ground 53 / 61 86.9% 69.3% 213 / 326 65.3% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 306 / 645 47.4% 37.1% 752 / 2420 31.1% 35.1%
To the body 80 / 91 87.9% 68.0% 222 / 307 72.3% 69.1%
To the legs 50 / 58 86.2% 80.3% 307 / 411 74.7% 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 Choi L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Stephens L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 320 / 826 38.7% 39.3% 1035 / 2709 38.2% 38.8%
In the clinch 57 / 66 86.4% 70.3% 113 / 165 68.5% 68.6%
On the ground 29 / 39 74.4% 69.4% 179 / 278 64.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 268 / 716 37.4% 35.9% 812 / 2468 32.9% 35.2%
To the body 102 / 147 69.4% 68.0% 238 / 349 68.2% 68.2%
To the legs 36 / 68 52.9% 81.5% 277 / 335 82.7% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
753.8% acc · 1.21/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
3038.5% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.34
1659.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
7861.9% def · norm 63.7%
15:2917.9% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
71:3117.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
15:252:40 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
91:283:21 per 15 · norm 2:50
30.52/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
110.40/15 · norm 0.48

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