Jianping Yang vs. Guangyou Ning

UFC 0-1-0 vs. 2-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-1-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
37
AgeΔ 7 yrs
44
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'4"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
143.5
Layoff (months)Δ 27.2 mo
116.3
L
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jianping Yang is wasteful with head shots — only 9% land, vs a 37% Featherweight norm.
Jianping Yang's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 62% Featherweight norm.
Guangyou Ning is hard to hit — absorbs 1.91 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.47 Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jianping Yang

Full career not yet synced for Jianping Yang — 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

Guangyou Ning

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 22
Tier 3 — regional circuit 32

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 2 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 10 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

211.40/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1462.66/min · norm 3.54
312.07/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1051.91/min · norm 3.47
26.9%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
41.6%norm 45.0%
65.9%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
61.4%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jianping Yang

Distance 98.7% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Guangyou Ning

Distance 85.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 10.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jianping Yang

Head 60.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 5.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 34.6% (norm 7.8%)

Guangyou Ning

Head 68.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yang L/AAccFeatherweight med Ning L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 21 / 77 27.3% 40.9% 111 / 300 37.0% 40.9%
In the clinch 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 10 / 15 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 25 / 36 69.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 4 / 47 8.5% 37.2% 77 / 242 31.8% 37.2%
To the body 0 / 4 too few to rate 68.2% 26 / 43 60.5% 68.2%
To the legs 17 / 27 63.0% 80.7% 43 / 66 65.2% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Yang L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ning L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 86 32.6% 39.2% 80 / 236 33.9% 39.2%
In the clinch 3 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 69.4% 12 / 16 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 64 20.3% 35.9% 40 / 171 23.4% 35.9%
To the body 8 / 14 too few to rate 67.9% 26 / 45 57.8% 67.9%
To the legs 10 / 13 too few to rate 81.5% 39 / 56 69.6% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
450.0% acc · 1.09/15 · norm 1.19
133.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
562.5% def · norm 61.5%
0:313.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
11:5421.6% of cage time · norm 16.7%
2:042:04 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
3:170:53 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
10.27/15 · norm 0.46

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