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Jared Gordon vs.
King Green

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

9-8-0 (1 NC) Jared Gordon · UFC
17-12-1 (1 NC) King Green · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

9-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
17-12-1 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
37.9
AgeΔ 2 yrs
39.9
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
68"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 2 mo
0.9
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWWL
The read

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.

King Green outworks the Lightweight division — 6.59 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Jared Gordon owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Jared Gordon outworks the Lightweight division — 5.57 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.42 norm.
Level of competition

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.

Jared Gordon

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.4 wins over .500

King Green

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1712
Tier 3 — regional circuit 175

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.85 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-11 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10505.57/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
21246.59/min · norm 3.42
7754.11/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
11923.70/min · norm 3.37
53.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
53.6%norm 43.5%
55.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
61.7%norm 56.3%
20.16/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
70.33/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jared Gordon

Distance 78.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.7% (norm 8.0%)

King Green

Distance 87.3% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jared Gordon

Head 81.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

King Green

Head 70.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 18.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Gordon L/AAccLightweight med Green L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 737 / 1538 47.9% 37.9% 1723 / 3459 49.8% 37.9%
In the clinch 127 / 168 75.6% 67.3% 179 / 209 85.6% 67.3%
On the ground 186 / 248 75.0% 69.1% 222 / 293 75.8% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 778 / 1594 48.8% 35.0% 1241 / 2792 44.4% 35.0%
To the body 173 / 245 70.6% 69.1% 530 / 729 72.7% 69.1%
To the legs 99 / 115 86.1% 81.9% 353 / 440 80.2% 81.9%

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: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Gordon L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Green L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 618 / 1548 39.9% 38.9% 1029 / 2854 36.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 99 / 128 77.3% 68.6% 73 / 125 58.4% 68.6%
On the ground 58 / 65 89.2% 68.0% 90 / 132 68.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 533 / 1430 37.3% 35.1% 716 / 2346 30.5% 35.1%
To the body 159 / 219 72.6% 68.1% 238 / 426 55.9% 68.1%
To the legs 83 / 92 90.2% 81.5% 238 / 339 70.2% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2434.8% acc · 1.91/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2745.8% acc · 1.26/15 · norm 1.38
2660.5% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
5269.3% def · norm 64.0%
63:4233.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
46:1114.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
22:301:47 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
29:071:21 per 15 · norm 2:46
00.00/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
60.28/15 · norm 0.49

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

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