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Juan Adams vs.
Chris de la Rocha

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

1-3-0 Juan Adams · UFC
1-3-0 Chris de la Rocha · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 13 yrs
47
6'5"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 0"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
77.9
Layoff (months)Δ 13.8 mo
91.7
LLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Chris de la Rocha is a submission threat — 1.01 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Chris de la Rocha hunts takedowns — 2.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Juan Adams outworks the Heavyweight division — 6.17 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.36 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.

Juan Adams

Full career not yet synced for Juan Adams — 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 -0.2 wins over .500

Chris de la Rocha

Full career not yet synced for Chris de la Rocha — 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 -0.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1776.17/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1214.08/min · norm 3.36
1284.46/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1896.37/min · norm 3.19
51.0%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
45.7%norm 47.8%
33.0%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
43.9%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Juan Adams

Distance 72.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 14.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 13.0% (norm 9.3%)

Chris de la Rocha

Distance 81.5% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.4% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 9.3%)

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

Juan Adams

Head 86.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 10.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 7.6%)

Chris de la Rocha

Head 87.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Adams L/AAccHeavyweight med Rocha L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 98 / 251 39.0% 40.1% 84 / 216 38.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 43 / 51 84.3% 70.6% 17 / 25 68.0% 70.6%
On the ground 36 / 45 80.0% 70.2% 20 / 24 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 136 / 300 45.3% 38.9% 92 / 232 39.7% 38.9%
To the body 31 / 35 88.6% 76.8% 22 / 25 88.0% 76.8%
To the legs 10 / 12 too few to rate 87.8% 7 / 8 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Adams L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Rocha L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 67 / 122 54.9% 40.7% 118 / 244 48.4% 40.7%
In the clinch 23 / 29 79.3% 70.6% 33 / 45 73.3% 70.6%
On the ground 38 / 40 95.0% 72.0% 38 / 48 79.2% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 102 / 162 63.0% 38.8% 166 / 309 53.7% 38.8%
To the body 19 / 22 too few to rate 75.1% 17 / 21 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 7 / 7 too few to rate 84.4% 6 / 7 too few to rate 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

266.7% acc · 1.05/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
430.8% acc · 2.02/15 · norm 0.95
125.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
133.3% def · norm 64.3%
6:0221.0% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
9:2031.5% of cage time · norm 17.2%
6:363:26 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
4:582:30 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
21.01/15 · norm 0.16

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

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