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Jeremy Stephens vs.
Calvin Kattar

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

15-20-0 (1 NC) Jeremy Stephens · UFC
7-8-0 Calvin Kattar · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

15-20-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
7-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 9.9 mo
12.8
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Last 5 (newest first)
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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.

Jeremy Stephens carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Calvin Kattar absorbs 6.55 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Calvin Kattar rarely shoots — 0.34 takedowns 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.

Jeremy Stephens

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1622
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-17 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Calvin Kattar

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 168
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.25 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.7 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

12813.13/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
9774.41/min · norm 3.54
13273.25/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
14536.55/min · norm 3.47
40.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
38.0%norm 45.0%
57.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 54.85%
180.66/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.34/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jeremy Stephens

Distance 84.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 8.0%)

Calvin Kattar

Distance 95.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jeremy Stephens

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.9%)

Calvin Kattar

Head 87.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.0% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Stephens L/AAccLightweight med Kattar L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 942 / 2637 35.7% 37.9% 908 / 2456 37.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 126 / 175 72.0% 67.3% 16 / 30 53.3% 70.8%
On the ground 213 / 326 65.3% 69.1% 53 / 87 60.9% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 752 / 2420 31.1% 35.0% 760 / 2260 33.6% 37.2%
To the body 222 / 307 72.3% 69.1% 131 / 209 62.7% 68.2%
To the legs 307 / 411 74.7% 81.9% 86 / 104 82.7% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Stephens L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Kattar L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1035 / 2709 38.2% 38.9% 1416 / 3148 45.0% 39.2%
In the clinch 113 / 165 68.5% 68.6% 24 / 39 61.5% 70.3%
On the ground 179 / 278 64.4% 68.0% 13 / 27 48.1% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 812 / 2468 32.9% 35.1% 859 / 2446 35.1% 35.9%
To the body 238 / 349 68.2% 68.1% 325 / 450 72.2% 67.9%
To the legs 277 / 335 82.7% 81.5% 269 / 318 84.6% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

3038.5% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
529.4% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.19
7861.9% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
3477.3% def · norm 61.5%
71:3117.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
6:222.9% of cage time · norm 16.7%
91:283:21 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
13:230:54 per 15 · norm 3:12
110.40/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.46

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

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