Jerrod Sanders vs. Yosdenis Cedeno
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Jerrod Sanders
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 15 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.78 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Yosdenis Cedeno
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 1 | 3 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 10 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.35 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jerrod Sanders
Distance 40.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 45.9% (norm 6.4%)
Yosdenis Cedeno
Distance 88.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jerrod Sanders
Head 78.4% (norm 77.5%) · Body 16.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.4% (norm 8.4%)
Yosdenis Cedeno
Head 74.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 10.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 15.0% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Sanders L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Cedeno L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 7 / 15 | too few to rate | 39.2% | 63 / 242 | 26.0% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 4 / 5 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 8 / 10 | too few to rate | 67.5% |
| On the ground | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 11 / 22 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 17 / 29 | 58.6% | 35.3% | 33 / 203 | 16.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 6 / 6 | too few to rate | 66.9% | 13 / 30 | 43.3% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 79.2% | 36 / 41 | 87.8% | 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 (Bantamweight: 121 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 Sanders L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Cedeno L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 9 / 24 | too few to rate | 39.4% | 67 / 228 | 29.4% | 38.8% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 70.6% | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 15 / 24 | too few to rate | 72.1% | 2 / 4 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 19 / 43 | 44.2% | 34.9% | 45 / 196 | 23.0% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 7 / 10 | too few to rate | 66.1% | 13 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 78.8% | 22 / 29 | 75.9% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Sanders has more cage time on record.