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Jesse Lennox vs. Rick Story

UFC 1-2-0 vs. 12-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-2-0
UFC record
12-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
44
AgeΔ 2 yrs
42
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
196.3
Layoff (months)Δ 74.3 mo
122
LLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rick Story is a submission threat — 0.89 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.44 Welterweight norm.
Rick Story hunts takedowns — 2.53 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Jesse Lennox is wasteful with head shots — only 18% land, vs a 36% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Rick Story

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 148
Tier 3 — regional circuit 72

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.07 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

962.21/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
9013.80/min · norm 3.17
1393.21/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5152.17/min · norm 3.08
26.5%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
41.8%norm 44.75%
65.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
62.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
60.38/15 · norm 0.38

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

Jesse Lennox

Distance 89.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 8.1%)

Rick Story

Distance 74.4% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 11.1% (norm 8.1%)

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

Jesse Lennox

Head 78.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.1% (norm 8.0%)

Rick Story

Head 73.5% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.0%)

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 Story L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 77 / 324 23.8% 38.5% 548 / 1606 34.1% 38.5%
In the clinch 8 / 17 too few to rate 67.8% 201 / 312 64.4% 67.8%
On the ground 11 / 21 too few to rate 67.0% 152 / 240 63.3% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 51 / 285 17.9% 36.4% 465 / 1586 29.3% 36.4%
To the body 28 / 55 50.9% 70.7% 312 / 432 72.2% 70.7%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 83.0% 124 / 140 88.6% 83.0%

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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Story L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 349 30.7% 39.1% 395 / 1173 33.7% 39.1%
In the clinch 13 / 27 48.1% 68.9% 94 / 165 57.0% 68.9%
On the ground 19 / 32 59.4% 68.0% 26 / 36 72.2% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 83 / 338 24.6% 35.6% 336 / 1118 30.1% 35.6%
To the body 27 / 37 73.0% 69.6% 108 / 168 64.3% 69.6%
To the legs 29 / 33 87.9% 82.2% 71 / 88 80.7% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
360.0% acc · 1.04/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
4048.2% acc · 2.53/15 · norm 1.31
770.0% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
4863.2% def · norm 63.9%
4:2910.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
74:5431.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
8:142:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
39:212:29 per 15 · norm 3:15
10.35/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
140.89/15 · norm 0.44

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