Ike Villanueva vs. Jordan Wright
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Ike Villanueva
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 6 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.12 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.3 wins over .500
Jordan Wright
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.93 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Ike Villanueva
Distance 89.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 2.9% (norm 10.6%)
Jordan Wright
Distance 62.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 25.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 10.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ike Villanueva
Head 89.5% (norm 78.5%) · Body 9.2% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 9.7%)
Jordan Wright
Head 70.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 25.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Villanueva L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Wright L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 78 / 213 | 36.6% | 41.5% | 64 / 157 | 40.8% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 57 / 63 | 90.5% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 3 / 7 | too few to rate | 72.9% | 24 / 32 | 75.0% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 72 / 214 | 33.6% | 39.2% | 82 / 177 | 46.3% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 18 / 22 | too few to rate | 72.0% | 54 / 65 | 83.1% | 71.6% |
| To the legs | 2 / 3 | too few to rate | 82.1% | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Villanueva L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Wright L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 151 / 247 | 61.1% | 40.6% | 87 / 160 | 54.4% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 23 / 27 | 85.2% | 68.8% | 88 / 100 | 88.0% | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 8 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 31 / 43 | 72.1% | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 82 / 164 | 50.0% | 37.7% | 147 / 236 | 62.3% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 48 / 62 | 77.4% | 72.9% | 50 / 58 | 86.2% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 52 / 60 | 86.7% | 83.1% | 9 / 9 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Wright has more cage time on record.