Guangyou Ning vs.
Jianping Yang
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Guangyou Ning
Full career not yet synced for Guangyou Ning — 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 +0.5 wins over .500
Jianping Yang
Full career not yet synced for Jianping Yang — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Guangyou Ning
Distance 85.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 6.5%)
Jianping Yang
Distance 98.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Guangyou Ning
Head 68.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 7.8%)
Jianping Yang
Head 60.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 34.6% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ning L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Yang L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 111 / 300 | 37.0% | 40.9% | 21 / 77 | 27.3% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 15 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 25 / 36 | 69.4% | 69.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 77 / 242 | 31.8% | 37.2% | 4 / 47 | 8.5% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 26 / 43 | 60.5% | 68.2% | 0 / 4 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 43 / 66 | 65.2% | 80.7% | 17 / 27 | 63.0% | 80.7% |
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: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Ning L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Yang L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 80 / 236 | 33.9% | 39.2% | 28 / 86 | 32.6% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 3 / 4 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 12 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.4% | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 40 / 171 | 23.4% | 35.9% | 13 / 64 | 20.3% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 26 / 45 | 57.8% | 67.9% | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 39 / 56 | 69.6% | 81.5% | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ning has more cage time on record.