Jessin Ayari vs. Stevie Ray

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 7-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
7-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
34
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 2"
5'10"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
70.1
Layoff (months)Δ 11.3 mo
81.4
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jessin Ayari rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Stevie Ray rarely shoots — 0.75 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Stevie Ray defends clinch strikes well — opponents land just 45%, vs a 69% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jessin Ayari

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 183

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Stevie Ray

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1633.53/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4493.73/min · norm 3.42
1663.59/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3532.93/min · norm 3.37
37.7%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.9%norm 43.5%
58.6%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jessin Ayari

Distance 91.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 1.2% (norm 8.0%)

Stevie Ray

Distance 82.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jessin Ayari

Head 85.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 7.9%)

Stevie Ray

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ayari L/AAccLightweight med Ray L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 140 / 396 35.4% 37.9% 328 / 827 39.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 19 / 31 61.3% 67.3% 31 / 52 59.6% 67.3%
On the ground 4 / 5 too few to rate 69.1% 90 / 120 75.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 119 / 369 32.2% 35.0% 280 / 774 36.2% 35.0%
To the body 20 / 35 57.1% 69.1% 50 / 77 64.9% 69.1%
To the legs 24 / 28 85.7% 81.9% 119 / 148 80.4% 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 Ayari L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ray L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 372 39.2% 38.9% 288 / 682 42.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 5 / 6 too few to rate 68.6% 15 / 33 45.5% 68.6%
On the ground 15 / 23 too few to rate 68.0% 50 / 65 76.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 92 / 306 30.1% 35.1% 203 / 574 35.4% 35.1%
To the body 14 / 22 too few to rate 68.1% 87 / 136 64.0% 68.1%
To the legs 60 / 73 82.2% 81.5% 63 / 70 90.0% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.38
250.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1555.6% def · norm 64.0%
1:042.3% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
15:4013.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
3:331:09 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
28:173:31 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.32/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
50.62/15 · norm 0.49

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