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Jonathan Martinez vs.
Pingyuan Liu

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

10-5-0 Jonathan Martinez · UFC
2-2-0 Pingyuan Liu · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-5-0
UFC record
2-2-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
32.3
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
33.5
5'8"
HeightΔ 2"
5'6"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
20.6
Layoff (months)Δ 58.9 mo
79.5
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWW
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.

Pingyuan Liu is a submission threat — 1.02 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Jonathan Martinez carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Pingyuan Liu rarely shoots — 0.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight 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.

Jonathan Martinez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 105
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 01
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.9 wins over .500

Pingyuan Liu

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8874.44/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1392.36/min · norm 3.52
8174.09/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1762.99/min · norm 3.58
49.6%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
33.7%norm 43.4%
57.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
54.4%norm 56.6%
90.68/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
10.25/15 · norm 0.30

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

Jonathan Martinez

Distance 88.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 6.5%)

Pingyuan Liu

Distance 85.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jonathan Martinez

Head 70.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.8% (norm 8.4%)

Pingyuan Liu

Head 83.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 11.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Martinez L/AAccBantamweight med Liu L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 731 / 1590 46.0% 39.0% 97 / 353 27.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 62 / 74 83.8% 68.7% 12 / 21 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 94 / 125 75.2% 70.2% 30 / 39 76.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 494 / 1257 39.3% 34.9% 90 / 343 26.2% 34.9%
To the body 194 / 285 68.1% 66.8% 28 / 46 60.9% 66.8%
To the legs 199 / 247 80.6% 79.4% 21 / 24 too few to rate 79.4%

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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Martinez L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Liu L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 700 / 1741 40.2% 39.3% 135 / 339 39.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 99 / 133 74.4% 70.4% 8 / 8 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 18 / 25 72.0% 72.4% 33 / 39 84.6% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 377 / 1361 27.7% 34.9% 104 / 283 36.7% 34.9%
To the body 260 / 345 75.4% 66.0% 54 / 80 67.5% 66.0%
To the legs 180 / 193 93.3% 79.1% 18 / 23 too few to rate 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

535.7% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
120.0% acc · 0.25/15 · norm 1.12
2668.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
956.3% def · norm 66.7%
28:0514.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
7:0211.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
18:031:21 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
20:545:19 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.08/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
41.02/15 · norm 0.28

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

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