Jordan Rinaldi vs. Jason Knight
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Jordan Rinaldi
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 2 | 3 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 4 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.57 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Jason Knight
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 19 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.86 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 19 finish wins over 32 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jordan Rinaldi
Distance 88.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 8.0%)
Jason Knight
Distance 89.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jordan Rinaldi
Head 68.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 19.6% (norm 8.0%)
Jason Knight
Head 83.6% (norm 77.5%) · Body 8.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.3% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Rinaldi L/A | Acc | Lightweight med | Knight L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 68 / 203 | 33.5% | 38.3% | 259 / 892 | 29.0% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 4 | too few to rate | 67.5% | 19 / 39 | 48.7% | 70.5% |
| On the ground | 12 / 23 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 60 / 71 | 84.5% | 69.3% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 39 / 158 | 24.7% | 35.1% | 230 / 838 | 27.4% | 37.1% |
| To the body | 11 / 27 | 40.7% | 69.1% | 48 / 81 | 59.3% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 31 / 45 | 68.9% | 81.8% | 60 / 83 | 72.3% | 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 Rinaldi L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med | vs Knight L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 75 / 227 | 33.0% | 38.8% | 280 / 615 | 45.5% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.6% | 8 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 37 / 54 | 68.5% | 68.0% | 58 / 86 | 67.4% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 92 / 253 | 36.4% | 35.2% | 272 / 609 | 44.7% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 21 / 29 | 72.4% | 68.2% | 33 / 55 | 60.0% | 68.0% |
| To the legs | 7 / 13 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 41 / 51 | 80.4% | 81.5% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Knight has more cage time on record.