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Jordan Leavitt vs. Yadier del Valle

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 3-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 1 yrs
30
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 2"
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
4.5
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
2.4
LWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yadier del Valle is a submission threat — 2.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Yadier del Valle carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jordan Leavitt is a submission threat — 1.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Yadier del Valle

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1612.25/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
281.26/min · norm 3.52
1171.63/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
200.90/min · norm 3.50
58.3%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
45.9%norm 44.7%
58.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
65.5%norm 54.8%
10.21/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.68/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jordan Leavitt

Distance 81.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Yadier del Valle

Distance 78.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 18.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jordan Leavitt

Head 36.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 32.2% (norm 8.0%)

Yadier del Valle

Head 60.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 24.6% (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 del Valle L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 129 / 226 57.1% 38.3% 16 / 48 33.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 20 / 29 69.0% 67.5% 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 12 / 21 too few to rate 68.8% 10 / 11 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 101 39.6% 35.1% 12 / 37 32.4% 37.1%
To the body 41 / 86 47.7% 69.1% 9 / 9 too few to rate 68.0%
To the legs 80 / 89 89.9% 81.8% 7 / 15 too few to rate 80.3%

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: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 del Valle L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 79 / 238 33.2% 38.8% 15 / 49 30.6% 39.3%
In the clinch 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.6% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 26 / 34 76.5% 68.0% 5 / 9 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 44 / 169 26.0% 35.2% 7 / 26 26.9% 35.9%
To the body 55 / 70 78.6% 68.2% 3 / 20 too few to rate 68.0%
To the legs 18 / 46 39.1% 81.5% 10 / 12 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1429.2% acc · 2.93/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1100.0% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.17
330.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
660.0% def · norm 61.5%
28:3139.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
6:4330.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
19:324:05 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
8:135:33 per 15 · norm 3:11
51.05/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
42.71/15 · norm 0.45

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