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James Llontop vs. Chris Padilla

UFC 0-3-0 vs. 5-0-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-3-0
UFC record
5-0-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
27
AgeΔ 4 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 1"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
23.1
Layoff (months)Δ 21.2 mo
1.9
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WDWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
James Llontop rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Chris Padilla outworks the Lightweight division — 6.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
James Llontop outworks the Lightweight division — 5.85 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

James Llontop

Full career not yet synced for James Llontop — 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 +0.0 wins over .500

Chris Padilla

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

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2025.85/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
4556.67/min · norm 3.44
1755.07/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3314.85/min · norm 3.38
38.5%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
54.4%norm 43.65%
52.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.22/15 · norm 0.25

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

James Llontop

Distance 95.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 8.0%)

Chris Padilla

Distance 88.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

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

James Llontop

Head 64.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.0%)

Chris Padilla

Head 60.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 26.2% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Llontop L/AAccLightweight med Padilla L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 185 / 499 37.1% 38.3% 380 / 742 51.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 16 / 25 64.0% 67.5% 48 / 59 81.4% 67.5%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.8% 27 / 35 77.1% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 76 / 336 22.6% 35.1% 229 / 507 45.2% 35.1%
To the body 68 / 110 61.8% 69.1% 76 / 110 69.1% 69.1%
To the legs 58 / 79 73.4% 81.8% 150 / 219 68.5% 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 Llontop L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Padilla L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 158 / 347 45.5% 38.8% 290 / 633 45.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 8 / 9 too few to rate 68.6% 41 / 49 83.7% 68.6%
On the ground 9 / 12 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 287 37.6% 35.2% 203 / 526 38.6% 35.2%
To the body 37 / 49 75.5% 68.2% 72 / 90 80.0% 68.2%
To the legs 30 / 32 93.8% 81.5% 56 / 66 84.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
529.4% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.34
125.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 63.7%
1:254.1% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
11:1616.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
1:390:42 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:440:09 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.44/15 · norm 0.48

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