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Johnny Walker vs.
Khalil Rountree Jr.

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

8-7-0 (1 NC) Johnny Walker · UFC
10-7-0 (1 NC) Khalil Rountree Jr. · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-7-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
34.4
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36.4
6'6"
HeightΔ 5"
6'1"
82"
ReachΔ 6"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 6.3 mo
10.1
LWLLNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLWW
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.

Khalil Rountree Jr. carries real power — 1.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Khalil Rountree Jr. rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Johnny Walker carries real power — 0.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight 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.

Johnny Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 97
Tier 3 — regional circuit 133

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4013.70/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6803.88/min · norm 3.41
3162.91/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
7584.33/min · norm 3.35
52.9%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
40.6%norm 48.3%
48.9%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
49.5%norm 52.9%
50.69/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
141.20/15 · norm 0.40

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

Johnny Walker

Distance 80.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 4.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 15.0% (norm 10.4%)

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Distance 94.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.4%)

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

Johnny Walker

Head 59.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 29.7% (norm 9.7%)

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Head 76.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Walker L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jr. L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 280 / 609 46.0% 41.4% 617 / 1576 39.1% 41.4%
In the clinch 28 / 35 80.0% 70.9% 36 / 53 67.9% 70.9%
On the ground 93 / 114 81.6% 72.3% 27 / 44 61.4% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 187 / 452 41.4% 38.9% 375 / 1276 29.4% 38.9%
To the body 40 / 81 49.4% 71.9% 162 / 223 72.6% 71.9%
To the legs 174 / 225 77.3% 81.8% 143 / 174 82.2% 81.8%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Walker L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jr. L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 237 / 511 46.4% 40.4% 684 / 1407 48.6% 40.4%
In the clinch 24 / 36 66.7% 68.7% 31 / 41 75.6% 68.7%
On the ground 55 / 71 77.5% 70.4% 43 / 53 81.1% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 159 / 394 40.4% 37.5% 439 / 1101 39.9% 37.5%
To the body 66 / 102 64.7% 72.3% 165 / 215 76.7% 72.3%
To the legs 91 / 122 74.6% 83.0% 154 / 185 83.2% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

240.0% acc · 0.28/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
950.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
8:157.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
3:111.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
19:372:42 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
17:491:31 per 15 · norm 2:48
30.42/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.09/15 · norm 0.27

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

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