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Jon Jones vs. Ciryl Gane

UFC 22-1-0 (1 NC) vs. 11-2-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
22-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
11-2-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
39
AgeΔ 3 yrs
36
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
84"
ReachΔ 3"
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
23.1
Layoff (months)Δ 18.9 mo
4.2
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WNCWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Ciryl Gane is a submission threat — 0.58 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Jon Jones hunts takedowns — 1.89 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Ciryl Gane outworks the Heavyweight division — 5.40 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.28 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jon Jones

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 221
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.19 · 22 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 21-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.9 wins over .500

Ciryl Gane

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 102
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.81 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 16 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15644.38/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
9835.40/min · norm 3.28
7982.24/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4202.31/min · norm 3.19
58.9%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
61.7%norm 47.5%
64.1%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
60.9%norm 52.5%
60.25/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
40.33/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jon Jones

Distance 72.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 14.7% (norm 10.6%)

Ciryl Gane

Distance 91.7% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Jon Jones

Head 60.1% (norm 78.5%) · Body 18.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 21.3% (norm 9.7%)

Ciryl Gane

Head 58.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 21.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 20.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jones L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Gane L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1012 / 1918 52.8% 41.5% 873 / 1460 59.8% 40.1%
In the clinch 250 / 346 72.3% 70.8% 68 / 79 86.1% 70.4%
On the ground 302 / 391 77.2% 72.9% 42 / 54 77.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 759 / 1595 47.6% 39.2% 438 / 935 46.8% 39.0%
To the body 375 / 494 75.9% 72.0% 261 / 339 77.0% 77.0%
To the legs 430 / 566 76.0% 82.1% 284 / 319 89.0% 87.8%

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: 94 fighters · 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 Jones L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Gane L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 637 / 1921 33.2% 40.6% 397 / 1031 38.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 154 / 289 53.3% 68.8% 18 / 33 54.5% 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 5 / 9 too few to rate 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 385 / 1573 24.5% 37.7% 172 / 727 23.7% 39.3%
To the body 217 / 367 59.1% 72.9% 95 / 148 64.2% 75.1%
To the legs 196 / 282 69.5% 83.1% 153 / 198 77.3% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4545.9% acc · 1.89/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
823.5% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 0.90
3895.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
847.1% def · norm 63.2%
84:3223.7% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
16:158.9% of cage time · norm 17.2%
6:330:16 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
14:141:10 per 15 · norm 2:28
110.46/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
70.58/15 · norm 0.16

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