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Francisco Trinaldo vs. Jesse Ronson

UFC 18-8-0 vs. 0-5-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-8-0
UFC record
0-5-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
48
AgeΔ 8 yrs
40
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
48.6
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
48.6
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jesse Ronson rarely shoots — 0.46 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Francisco Trinaldo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 188
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.32 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Jesse Ronson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 07
Tier 3 — regional circuit 285

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.59 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 24 finish wins over 41 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10093.13/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
2333.54/min · norm 3.44
8602.67/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2233.39/min · norm 3.38
45.2%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
47.7%norm 43.65%
60.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 56.3%
50.23/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.23/15 · norm 0.25

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

Jesse Ronson

Distance 90.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.0%)

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

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Jesse Ronson

Head 69.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med Ronson L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 703 / 1789 39.3% 38.3% 203 / 443 45.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 168 / 238 70.6% 67.5% 15 / 26 57.7% 67.5%
On the ground 138 / 203 68.0% 68.8% 15 / 19 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.1% 120 / 337 35.6% 35.1%
To the body 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1% 55 / 84 65.5% 69.1%
To the legs 116 / 132 87.9% 81.8% 58 / 67 86.6% 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 (Lightweight: 204 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 Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ronson L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.8% 169 / 446 37.9% 38.8%
In the clinch 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6% 21 / 34 61.8% 68.6%
On the ground 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0% 33 / 41 80.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.2% 139 / 419 33.2% 35.2%
To the body 249 / 390 63.8% 68.2% 55 / 70 78.6% 68.2%
To the legs 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5% 29 / 32 90.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
228.6% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.34
4460.3% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2057.1% def · norm 63.7%
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
2:273.7% of cage time · norm 18.95%
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
22:535:13 per 15 · norm 2:50
110.51/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.46/15 · norm 0.48

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