Jordan Leavitt vs.
Matt Sayles
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 7 | 4 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 0 |
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
Matt Sayles
Full career not yet synced for Matt Sayles — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Matt Sayles
Distance 86.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 6.5%)
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%)
Matt Sayles
Head 75.0% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 10.5% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Leavitt L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Sayles L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 129 / 226 | 57.1% | 37.9% | 128 / 361 | 35.5% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 67.3% | 13 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 12 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 26 / 39 | 66.7% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 40 / 101 | 39.6% | 35.0% | 88 / 315 | 27.9% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 41 / 86 | 47.7% | 69.1% | 46 / 61 | 75.4% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 80 / 89 | 89.9% | 81.9% | 33 / 44 | 75.0% | 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 (Lightweight: 201 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 Leavitt L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Sayles L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 79 / 238 | 33.2% | 38.9% | 96 / 266 | 36.1% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 12 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 12 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 26 / 34 | 76.5% | 68.0% | 6 / 7 | too few to rate | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 44 / 169 | 26.0% | 35.1% | 58 / 213 | 27.2% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 55 / 70 | 78.6% | 68.1% | 50 / 71 | 70.4% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 18 / 46 | 39.1% | 81.5% | 6 / 8 | too few to rate | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Leavitt has more cage time on record.