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Jesse Ronson vs.
Francisco Trinaldo

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

0-5-0 (1 NC) Jesse Ronson · UFC
18-8-0 Francisco Trinaldo · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
18-8-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
40.6
AgeΔ 7.4 yrs
48
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
46.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
46.2
LLNCLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Jesse Ronson rarely shoots — 0.46 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Francisco Trinaldo rarely shoots — 0.98 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 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.

Jesse Ronson

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.2 wins over .500

Francisco Trinaldo

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

In the UFC: 11-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2333.54/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
10093.13/min · norm 3.42
2233.39/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
8602.67/min · norm 3.37
47.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 43.5%
57.2%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
60.7%norm 56.3%
10.23/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.23/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jesse Ronson

Distance 90.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.3% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 8.0%)

Francisco Trinaldo

Distance 80.2% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jesse Ronson

Head 69.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.7% (norm 7.9%)

Francisco Trinaldo

Head 77.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ronson L/AAccLightweight med Trinaldo L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 203 / 443 45.8% 37.9% 703 / 1789 39.3% 37.9%
In the clinch 15 / 26 57.7% 67.3% 168 / 238 70.6% 67.3%
On the ground 15 / 19 too few to rate 69.1% 138 / 203 68.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 120 / 337 35.6% 35.0% 616 / 1723 35.8% 35.0%
To the body 55 / 84 65.5% 69.1% 277 / 375 73.9% 69.1%
To the legs 58 / 67 86.6% 81.9% 116 / 132 87.9% 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Ronson L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Trinaldo L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 169 / 446 37.9% 38.9% 679 / 1932 35.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 21 / 34 61.8% 68.6% 100 / 134 74.6% 68.6%
On the ground 33 / 41 80.5% 68.0% 81 / 125 64.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 139 / 419 33.2% 35.1% 442 / 1598 27.7% 35.1%
To the body 55 / 70 78.6% 68.1% 249 / 390 63.8% 68.1%
To the legs 29 / 32 90.6% 81.5% 169 / 203 83.3% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

228.6% acc · 0.46/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2142.0% acc · 0.98/15 · norm 1.38
2057.1% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
4460.3% def · norm 64.0%
2:273.7% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
64:5920.2% of cage time · norm 19.5%
22:535:13 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
54:562:33 per 15 · norm 2:46
20.46/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
110.51/15 · norm 0.49

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

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