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Justin Ledet vs.
Chase Sherman

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

3-4-0 Justin Ledet · UFC
4-11-0 Chase Sherman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

3-4-0
UFC record
4-11-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
37.9
AgeΔ 1.2 yrs
36.7
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
80"
ReachΔ 2"
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
69.2
Layoff (months)Δ 30.4 mo
38.8
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL
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.

Chase Sherman absorbs 6.65 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Chase Sherman rarely shoots — 0.09 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Justin Ledet rarely shoots — 0.23 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

Justin Ledet

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Chase Sherman

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

In the UFC: 0-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2183.35/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
9696.04/min · norm 3.36
3144.82/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
10666.65/min · norm 3.19
39.0%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 47.8%
49.0%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
52.3%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.28/15 · norm 0.28

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

Justin Ledet

Distance 97.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.2% (norm 10.4%)

Chase Sherman

Distance 94.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Justin Ledet

Head 96.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 3.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.7% (norm 9.7%)

Chase Sherman

Head 74.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.3% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ledet L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Sherman L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 208 / 545 38.2% 41.4% 882 / 2010 43.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 9 / 13 too few to rate 70.9% 67 / 92 72.8% 70.6%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 72.3% 20 / 29 69.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 203 / 537 37.8% 38.9% 531 / 1594 33.3% 38.9%
To the body 13 / 18 too few to rate 71.9% 199 / 262 76.0% 76.8%
To the legs 2 / 4 too few to rate 81.8% 239 / 275 86.9% 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 (Light 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 Ledet L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Sherman L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 206 / 473 43.6% 40.4% 941 / 2069 45.5% 40.7%
In the clinch 21 / 32 65.6% 68.7% 74 / 102 72.5% 70.6%
On the ground 87 / 111 78.4% 70.4% 51 / 66 77.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 200 / 441 45.4% 37.5% 823 / 1918 42.9% 38.8%
To the body 47 / 83 56.6% 72.3% 145 / 200 72.5% 75.1%
To the legs 67 / 92 72.8% 83.0% 98 / 119 82.4% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.23/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
150.0% acc · 0.09/15 · norm 0.95
342.9% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2374.2% def · norm 64.3%
2:303.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
6:083.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
12:482:56 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
13:041:13 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.23/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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