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Jack Jenkins vs. Ramon Taveras

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 1-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
1-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32
AgeΔ 0 yrs
32
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
68"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 11 mo
12.7
LWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ramon Taveras rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Ramon Taveras absorbs 6.47 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Jack Jenkins carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jack Jenkins

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Ramon Taveras

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3974.35/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1743.87/min · norm 3.52
3093.39/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2916.47/min · norm 3.58
57.7%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 43.5%
57.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
53.4%norm 56.6%
30.49/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jack Jenkins

Distance 80.8% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 6.5%)

Ramon Taveras

Distance 96.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 6.4%)

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

Jack Jenkins

Head 64.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.9% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.6% (norm 7.9%)

Ramon Taveras

Head 90.9% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jenkins L/AAccFeatherweight med Taveras L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 303 / 556 54.5% 40.5% 165 / 402 41.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 46 / 59 78.0% 70.5% 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.0%
On the ground 48 / 73 65.8% 69.3% 6 / 9 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 444 45.0% 37.1% 147 / 378 38.9% 35.3%
To the body 95 / 116 81.9% 68.0% 19 / 30 63.3% 66.9%
To the legs 102 / 128 79.7% 80.3% 8 / 8 too few to rate 79.2%

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 · Bantamweight: 121 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 Jenkins L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Taveras L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 629 37.7% 39.3% 278 / 603 46.1% 39.4%
In the clinch 41 / 61 67.2% 70.3% 10 / 13 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 31 / 36 86.1% 69.4% 3 / 9 too few to rate 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 510 33.7% 35.9% 130 / 407 31.9% 34.9%
To the body 75 / 131 57.3% 68.0% 78 / 124 62.9% 66.1%
To the legs 62 / 85 72.9% 81.5% 83 / 94 88.3% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
842.1% acc · 1.32/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.12
2371.9% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
872.7% def · norm 65.7%
20:1122.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
1:453.9% of cage time · norm 17.8%
20:223:20 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
4:221:27 per 15 · norm 2:24
20.33/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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