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Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Chris Weidman

UFC 0-1-1 vs. 12-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-1
UFC record
12-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 4 yrs
42
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
—
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
184.3
Layoff (months)Δ 161.9 mo
22.4
LD
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chris Weidman hunts takedowns — 3.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Chris Weidman is a submission threat — 0.82 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Jesse Bongfeldt is hard to hit — absorbs 1.01 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jesse Bongfeldt

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Chris Weidman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 128
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

582.91/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6263.11/min · norm 3.23
201.01/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6793.37/min · norm 3.20
62.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.1%norm 47.4%
50.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.0%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.37/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jesse Bongfeldt

Distance 40.9% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 10.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 48.4% (norm 10.0%)

Chris Weidman

Distance 77.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.4% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 16.2% (norm 10.0%)

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

Jesse Bongfeldt

Head 77.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 10.8% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Weidman

Head 82.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.8% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bongfeldt L/AAccMiddleweight med Weidman L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 38 39.5% 40.5% 416 / 1073 38.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.6% 58 / 89 65.2% 70.6%
On the ground 34 / 45 75.6% 69.4% 152 / 225 67.6% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 39 / 72 54.2% 38.8% 460 / 1141 40.3% 38.8%
To the body 11 / 11 too few to rate 71.6% 100 / 164 61.0% 71.6%
To the legs 8 / 10 too few to rate 83.3% 66 / 82 80.5% 83.3%

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 (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Bongfeldt L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Weidman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 3 / 15 too few to rate 39.5% 423 / 1032 41.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 11 too few to rate 70.4% 101 / 148 68.2% 70.4%
On the ground 9 / 14 too few to rate 69.0% 155 / 206 75.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 15 / 33 45.5% 37.9% 452 / 1094 41.3% 37.9%
To the body 2 / 3 too few to rate 71.3% 127 / 169 75.1% 71.3%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 82.1% 100 / 123 81.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
233.3% acc · 1.51/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
4442.3% acc · 3.27/15 · norm 1.35
333.3% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
2172.4% def · norm 63.3%
5:1526.4% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
64:5832.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
9:497:23 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
14:431:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
110.82/15 · norm 0.45

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