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Jesse Lennox vs.
Danillo Villefort

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

1-2-0 Jesse Lennox · UFC
0-1-0 Danillo Villefort · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-2-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 1 yrs
43
5'9"
HeightΔ 4"
6'1"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
193.8
Layoff (months)Δ 10.1 mo
203.9
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
L
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.

Danillo Villefort is a submission threat — 1.10 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Jesse Lennox is wasteful with head shots — only 18% land, vs a 37% Welterweight norm.
Danillo Villefort is wasteful with head shots — only 22% land, vs a 37% Welterweight 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.

Jesse Lennox

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Danillo Villefort

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

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

962.21/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
433.16/min · norm 3.17
1393.21/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
372.72/min · norm 3.06
26.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
37.7%norm 44.9%
65.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
67.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jesse Lennox

Distance 89.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 8.1%)

Danillo Villefort

Distance 80.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 9.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 9.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jesse Lennox

Head 78.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.4%)

Danillo Villefort

Head 70.2% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 13.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lennox L/AAccWelterweight med Villefort L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 324 23.8% 38.6% 30 / 92 32.6% 38.6%
In the clinch 8 / 17 too few to rate 67.8% 4 / 11 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 11 / 21 too few to rate 67.2% 9 / 11 too few to rate 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 285 17.9% 37.2% 18 / 80 22.5% 37.2%
To the body 28 / 55 50.9% 70.7% 12 / 19 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 82.9% 13 / 15 too few to rate 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Lennox L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Villefort L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 349 30.7% 39.0% 24 / 93 25.8% 39.0%
In the clinch 13 / 27 48.1% 68.9% 5 / 9 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 19 / 32 59.4% 68.0% 8 / 12 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 83 / 338 24.6% 35.6% 24 / 94 25.5% 35.6%
To the body 27 / 37 73.0% 69.6% 11 / 18 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 82.1% 2 / 2 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

360.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.27
770.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
150.0% def · norm 63.9%
4:2910.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
1:027.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
8:142:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
1:071:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.35/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
11.10/15 · norm 0.45

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

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