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Kajan Johnson vs.
Stevie Ray

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

4-3-0 Kajan Johnson · UFC
7-4-0 Stevie Ray · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-3-0
UFC record
7-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42.3
AgeΔ 5.9 yrs
36.4
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
94.7
Layoff (months)Δ 13.4 mo
81.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWLL
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.

Kajan Johnson is hard to hit — absorbs 1.59 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.37 Lightweight norm.
Stevie Ray rarely shoots — 0.75 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Kajan Johnson defends body shots well — opponents land just 39%, vs a 68% Lightweight 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.

Kajan Johnson

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

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

Stevie Ray

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

In the UFC: 3-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.6 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2162.47/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
4493.73/min · norm 3.42
1391.59/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
3532.93/min · norm 3.37
42.9%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
44.9%norm 43.5%
64.4%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.7%norm 56.3%
20.34/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.12/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kajan Johnson

Distance 82.7% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.9% (norm 8.0%)

Stevie Ray

Distance 82.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.2% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kajan Johnson

Head 70.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.9% (norm 7.9%)

Stevie Ray

Head 77.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 7.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Johnson L/AAccLightweight med Ray L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 155 / 416 37.3% 37.9% 328 / 827 39.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 16 / 22 too few to rate 67.3% 31 / 52 59.6% 67.3%
On the ground 45 / 65 69.2% 69.1% 90 / 120 75.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 111 / 352 31.5% 35.0% 280 / 774 36.2% 35.0%
To the body 47 / 76 61.8% 69.1% 50 / 77 64.9% 69.1%
To the legs 58 / 75 77.3% 81.9% 119 / 148 80.4% 81.9%

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: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 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 Johnson L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Ray L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 321 30.8% 38.9% 288 / 682 42.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 9 / 19 too few to rate 68.6% 15 / 33 45.5% 68.6%
On the ground 31 / 50 62.0% 68.0% 50 / 65 76.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 101 / 327 30.9% 35.1% 203 / 574 35.4% 35.1%
To the body 11 / 28 39.3% 68.1% 87 / 136 64.0% 68.1%
To the legs 27 / 35 77.1% 81.5% 63 / 70 90.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

937.5% acc · 1.54/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
646.2% acc · 0.75/15 · norm 1.38
1562.5% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
1555.6% def · norm 64.0%
13:2815.4% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
15:4013.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
14:192:27 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
28:173:31 per 15 · norm 2:46
10.17/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
50.62/15 · norm 0.49

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

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