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Kazula Vargas vs. Rongzhu

UFC 1-3-0 vs. 4-3-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-3-0
UFC record
4-3-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
41
AgeΔ 15 yrs
26
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
55.1
Layoff (months)Δ 53.9 mo
1.2
LWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rongzhu outworks the Lightweight division — 5.86 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
Kazula Vargas rarely shoots — 0.40 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Rongzhu absorbs 5.63 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kazula Vargas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 13
Tier 3 — regional circuit 154

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.6 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Rongzhu

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 253

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1383.65/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
5605.86/min · norm 3.44
671.77/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5385.63/min · norm 3.38
53.9%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
49.1%norm 43.65%
57.9%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.3%norm 56.3%
00.00/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.31/15 · norm 0.25

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

Kazula Vargas

Distance 91.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.9% (norm 8.0%)

Rongzhu

Distance 92.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 8.0%)

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

Kazula Vargas

Head 69.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 10.9% (norm 8.0%)

Rongzhu

Head 85.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vargas L/AAccLightweight med Rongzhu L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 118 / 233 50.6% 38.3% 503 / 1056 47.6% 38.3%
In the clinch 6 / 8 too few to rate 67.5% 12 / 20 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 14 / 15 too few to rate 68.8% 45 / 65 69.2% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 179 43.0% 35.1% 422 / 978 43.1% 35.1%
To the body 38 / 49 77.6% 69.1% 65 / 85 76.5% 69.1%
To the legs 23 / 28 82.1% 81.8% 73 / 78 93.6% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Vargas L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Rongzhu L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 53 / 139 38.1% 38.8% 498 / 1139 43.7% 38.8%
In the clinch 1 / 3 too few to rate 68.6% 30 / 47 63.8% 68.6%
On the ground 13 / 17 too few to rate 68.0% 10 / 18 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 146 39.7% 35.2% 343 / 933 36.8% 35.2%
To the body 3 / 6 too few to rate 68.2% 113 / 161 70.2% 68.2%
To the legs 6 / 7 too few to rate 81.5% 82 / 110 74.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 0.40/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1062.5% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.34
330.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2385.2% def · norm 63.7%
7:1819.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
13:0113.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
15:386:11 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
4:580:46 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.40/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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