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Julio Arce vs. Song Yadong

UFC 6-4-0 vs. 13-4-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-4-0
UFC record
13-4-1
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36
AgeΔ 8 yrs
28
5'7"
HeightΔ 1"
5'8"
70"
ReachΔ 3"
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
30.7
Layoff (months)Δ 29 mo
1.7
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Song Yadong carries real power — 0.53 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Bantamweight norm.
Julio Arce rarely shoots — 0.49 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Julio Arce defends head shots well — opponents land just 21%, vs a 36% Featherweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Julio Arce

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 3 — regional circuit 142

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.08 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Song Yadong

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5034.12/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
9694.26/min · norm 3.52
3753.07/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8553.76/min · norm 3.58
34.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 43.5%
68.4%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
54.9%norm 56.6%
30.37/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
80.53/15 · norm 0.29

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

Julio Arce

Distance 95.3% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 4.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.7% (norm 6.5%)

Song Yadong

Distance 91.4% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 6.2%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 6.4%)

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

Julio Arce

Head 84.3% (norm 77.5%) · Body 13.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 2.3% (norm 7.9%)

Song Yadong

Head 76.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Arce L/AAccFeatherweight med Song L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 460 / 1375 33.5% 40.5% 833 / 2027 41.1% 39.2%
In the clinch 36 / 58 62.1% 70.5% 57 / 79 72.2% 69.0%
On the ground 7 / 10 too few to rate 69.3% 79 / 111 71.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 361 / 1217 29.7% 37.1% 592 / 1696 34.9% 35.3%
To the body 116 / 193 60.1% 68.0% 185 / 275 67.3% 66.9%
To the legs 26 / 33 78.8% 80.3% 192 / 246 78.0% 79.2%

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: 127 fighters · Bantamweight: 121 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 Arce L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Song L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 1072 28.8% 39.3% 776 / 1792 43.3% 39.4%
In the clinch 41 / 67 61.2% 70.3% 38 / 52 73.1% 70.6%
On the ground 25 / 46 54.3% 69.4% 41 / 50 82.0% 72.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 180 / 876 20.5% 35.9% 492 / 1397 35.2% 34.9%
To the body 102 / 179 57.0% 68.0% 172 / 263 65.4% 66.1%
To the legs 93 / 130 71.5% 81.5% 191 / 234 81.6% 78.8%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
428.6% acc · 0.49/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1241.4% acc · 0.79/15 · norm 1.12
2596.2% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5073.5% def · norm 65.7%
8:196.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
29:2913.0% of cage time · norm 17.8%
16:352:02 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
21:091:23 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.37/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
40.26/15 · norm 0.28

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