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Jordan Leavitt vs.
Claudio Puelles

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

6-4-0 Jordan Leavitt · UFC
5-4-0 Claudio Puelles · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

6-4-0
UFC record
5-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31.2
AgeΔ 0.9 yrs
30.3
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
71"
ReachΔ 1"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
2
Layoff (months)Δ 8.7 mo
10.7
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW
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.

Claudio Puelles hunts takedowns — 3.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Claudio Puelles owns the mat — in control 45% of cage time, vs a 20% Lightweight norm.
Jordan Leavitt is a submission threat — 1.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.49 Lightweight 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.

Jordan Leavitt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Claudio Puelles

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1612.25/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
1611.54/min · norm 3.42
1171.63/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
2752.62/min · norm 3.37
58.3%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
46.7%norm 43.5%
58.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
48.1%norm 56.3%
10.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Jordan Leavitt

Distance 81.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Claudio Puelles

Distance 70.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 24.1% (norm 8.0%)

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

Jordan Leavitt

Head 36.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 31.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 32.2% (norm 7.9%)

Claudio Puelles

Head 75.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 21.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Leavitt L/AAccLightweight med Puelles L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 226 57.1% 37.9% 90 / 244 36.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 67.3% 10 / 18 too few to rate 67.3%
On the ground 12 / 21 too few to rate 69.1% 61 / 83 73.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 101 39.6% 35.0% 100 / 259 38.6% 35.0%
To the body 41 / 86 47.7% 69.1% 52 / 73 71.2% 69.1%
To the legs 80 / 89 89.9% 81.9% 9 / 13 too few to rate 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 Leavitt L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Puelles L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 238 33.2% 38.9% 175 / 388 45.1% 38.9%
In the clinch 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.6% 23 / 35 65.7% 68.6%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 68.0% 77 / 107 72.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 169 26.0% 35.1% 151 / 370 40.8% 35.1%
To the body 55 / 70 78.6% 68.1% 77 / 104 74.0% 68.1%
To the legs 18 / 46 39.1% 81.5% 47 / 56 83.9% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1429.2% acc · 2.93/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
2333.8% acc · 3.29/15 · norm 1.38
330.0% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
660.0% def · norm 64.0%
28:3139.8% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
46:4544.6% of cage time · norm 19.5%
19:324:05 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
17:282:29 per 15 · norm 2:46
51.05/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
71.00/15 · norm 0.49

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

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