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Jason Knight vs. Jim Alers

UFC 4-5-0 vs. 1-2-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-5-0
UFC record
1-2-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34
AgeΔ 6 yrs
40
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
95.5
Layoff (months)Δ 27.4 mo
122.9
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jason Knight is a submission threat — 1.70 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Jim Alers hunts takedowns — 2.26 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Jim Alers owns the mat — in control 24% of cage time, vs a 16% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jason Knight

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 46
Tier 3 — regional circuit 193

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Jim Alers

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 12
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3382.95/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1352.90/min · norm 3.52
3463.02/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2044.38/min · norm 3.50
33.7%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
40.3%norm 44.7%
51.6%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 54.8%
30.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.32/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jason Knight

Distance 89.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 6.5%)

Jim Alers

Distance 83.9% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 11.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jason Knight

Head 83.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.9%)

Jim Alers

Head 78.8% (norm 77.5%) · Body 7.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Knight L/AAccFeatherweight med Alers L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 892 29.0% 40.5% 102 / 281 36.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 19 / 39 48.7% 70.5% 21 / 38 55.3% 70.5%
On the ground 60 / 71 84.5% 69.3% 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 230 / 838 27.4% 37.1% 85 / 264 32.2% 37.1%
To the body 48 / 81 59.3% 68.0% 14 / 26 53.8% 68.0%
To the legs 60 / 83 72.3% 80.3% 36 / 45 80.0% 80.3%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Knight L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Alers L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 280 / 615 45.5% 39.3% 145 / 394 36.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 42 / 53 79.2% 70.3%
On the ground 58 / 86 67.4% 69.4% 17 / 24 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 272 / 609 44.7% 35.9% 123 / 370 33.2% 35.9%
To the body 33 / 55 60.0% 68.0% 36 / 49 73.5% 68.0%
To the legs 41 / 51 80.4% 81.5% 45 / 52 86.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1031.3% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
741.2% acc · 2.26/15 · norm 1.17
1647.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
880.0% def · norm 61.5%
18:5816.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
11:2224.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
37:434:56 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
6:091:58 per 15 · norm 3:11
131.70/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.32/15 · norm 0.45

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