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Jason Knight vs.
Ricardo Lamas

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

4-5-0 Jason Knight · UFC
11-6-0 Ricardo Lamas · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-5-0
UFC record
11-6-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
34.1
AgeΔ 10.1 yrs
44.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 2"
5'8"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
93.1
Layoff (months)Δ 21.9 mo
71.2
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL
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.

Jason Knight is a submission threat — 1.70 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Ricardo Lamas is a submission threat — 0.86 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Ricardo Lamas hunts takedowns — 1.80 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight 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.

Jason Knight

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

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

Ricardo Lamas

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

In the UFC: 7-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3382.95/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
6003.43/min · norm 3.54
3463.02/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
5503.14/min · norm 3.47
33.7%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
49.5%norm 45.0%
51.6%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
56.7%norm 54.85%
30.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.17/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jason Knight

Distance 89.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 6.5%)

Ricardo Lamas

Distance 78.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 11.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jason Knight

Head 83.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.8%)

Ricardo Lamas

Head 66.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.6% (norm 7.8%)

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 Lamas L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 259 / 892 29.0% 40.9% 392 / 951 41.2% 40.9%
In the clinch 19 / 39 48.7% 70.8% 110 / 123 89.4% 70.8%
On the ground 60 / 71 84.5% 69.2% 98 / 137 71.5% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 230 / 838 27.4% 37.2% 295 / 807 36.6% 37.2%
To the body 48 / 81 59.3% 68.2% 125 / 155 80.6% 68.2%
To the legs 60 / 83 72.3% 80.7% 180 / 249 72.3% 80.7%

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: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Lamas L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 280 / 615 45.5% 39.2% 406 / 1077 37.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 8 / 14 too few to rate 70.3% 95 / 135 70.4% 70.3%
On the ground 58 / 86 67.4% 69.4% 49 / 59 83.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 272 / 609 44.7% 35.9% 357 / 994 35.9% 35.9%
To the body 33 / 55 60.0% 67.9% 120 / 180 66.7% 67.9%
To the legs 41 / 51 80.4% 81.5% 73 / 97 75.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1031.3% acc · 1.31/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2130.9% acc · 1.80/15 · norm 1.19
1647.1% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
1341.9% def · norm 61.5%
18:5816.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
40:0522.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
37:434:56 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
38:043:15 per 15 · norm 3:12
131.70/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
100.86/15 · norm 0.46

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

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