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Jess Liaudin vs.
Dennis Siver

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

2-3-0 Jess Liaudin · UFC
12-8-0 (1 NC) Dennis Siver · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-3-0
UFC record
12-8-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
Age
47.6
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
213.6
Layoff (months)Δ 104.2 mo
109.4
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWNC
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.

Jess Liaudin is a submission threat — 1.64 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jess Liaudin hunts takedowns — 3.28 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Dennis Siver carries real power — 0.47 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight 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.

Jess Liaudin

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Dennis Siver

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

In the UFC: 6-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

902.46/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8693.87/min · norm 3.42
1012.76/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
5982.67/min · norm 3.37
51.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
32.4%norm 43.5%
41.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
65.0%norm 56.3%
20.82/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
70.47/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jess Liaudin

Distance 59.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 25.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 15.4% (norm 8.1%)

Dennis Siver

Distance 90.5% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.8% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jess Liaudin

Head 85.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 6.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.4% (norm 8.4%)

Dennis Siver

Head 78.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.5% (norm 12.8%) · 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 Liaudin L/AAccWelterweight med Siver L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 40 / 104 38.5% 38.6% 737 / 2423 30.4% 37.9%
In the clinch 35 / 44 79.5% 67.8% 46 / 126 36.5% 67.3%
On the ground 15 / 27 55.6% 67.2% 86 / 129 66.7% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 150 46.7% 37.2% 494 / 2091 23.6% 35.0%
To the body 9 / 12 too few to rate 70.7% 118 / 228 51.8% 69.1%
To the legs 11 / 13 too few to rate 82.9% 257 / 359 71.6% 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Liaudin L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Siver L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 27 / 66 40.9% 39.0% 472 / 1477 32.0% 38.9%
In the clinch 42 / 51 82.4% 68.9% 44 / 77 57.1% 68.6%
On the ground 32 / 56 57.1% 68.0% 82 / 157 52.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 67 / 138 48.6% 35.6% 372 / 1335 27.9% 35.1%
To the body 22 / 22 too few to rate 69.6% 99 / 170 58.2% 68.1%
To the legs 12 / 13 too few to rate 82.1% 127 / 206 61.7% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

853.3% acc · 3.28/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1332.5% acc · 0.87/15 · norm 1.38
430.8% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3965.0% def · norm 64.0%
13:5037.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
38:0717.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
13:525:41 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
39:502:39 per 15 · norm 2:46
41.64/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
50.33/15 · norm 0.49

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

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