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Jose Delano vs.
Robert Ruchala

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

1-0-0 Jose Delano · UFC
0-2-0 Robert Ruchala · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-0-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
29.9
AgeΔ 1.7 yrs
28.2
5'8"
HeightΔ 0"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
4.1
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
4.1
W
Last 5 (newest first)
LL
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.

Jose Delano outworks the Featherweight division — 7.13 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 norm.
Jose Delano rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Robert Ruchala absorbs 5.20 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Jose Delano

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Robert Ruchala

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 02
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.75 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1077.13/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1013.37/min · norm 3.54
674.47/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1565.20/min · norm 3.47
62.2%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
34.4%norm 45.0%
66.2%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
45.5%norm 54.85%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Jose Delano

Distance 83.1% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

Robert Ruchala

Distance 94.2% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Jose Delano

Head 76.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 1.7% (norm 7.8%)

Robert Ruchala

Head 71.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 7.8% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Delano L/AAccFeatherweight med Ruchala L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 84 / 143 58.7% 40.9% 87 / 277 31.4% 40.9%
In the clinch 23 / 29 79.3% 70.8% 14 / 17 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 71 / 132 53.8% 37.2% 54 / 211 25.6% 37.2%
To the body 34 / 37 91.9% 68.2% 36 / 60 60.0% 68.2%
To the legs 2 / 3 too few to rate 80.7% 11 / 23 too few to rate 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 (Featherweight: 126 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 Delano L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Ruchala L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 60 / 188 31.9% 39.2% 121 / 245 49.4% 39.2%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.3% 35 / 41 85.4% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 40 / 149 26.8% 35.9% 90 / 201 44.8% 35.9%
To the body 20 / 32 62.5% 67.9% 51 / 66 77.3% 67.9%
To the legs 7 / 17 too few to rate 81.5% 15 / 19 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.19
3100.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
571.4% def · norm 61.5%
0:384.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
5:4419.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
1:081:08 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
1:350:47 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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