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Kevin Christian vs.
Billy Elekana

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

0-2-0 Kevin Christian · UFC
3-1-0 Billy Elekana · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-2-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
31.5
AgeΔ 0.3 yrs
31.2
6'7"
HeightΔ 4"
6'3"
80"
ReachΔ 3"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3.2
Layoff (months)Δ 2.9 mo
6.1
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWL
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.

Billy Elekana is a submission threat — 0.85 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.27 Light Heavyweight norm.
Kevin Christian rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Opponents land 69% of their head shots on Kevin Christian, vs a 38% Light Heavyweight norm — a hole in the guard.
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.

Kevin Christian

Full career not yet synced for Kevin Christian — 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 -1.5 wins over .500

Billy Elekana

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 21
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.54 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 12 documented bouts

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

274.32/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
962.71/min · norm 3.41
386.08/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
1273.59/min · norm 3.35
71.1%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
56.5%norm 48.3%
29.6%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
46.2%norm 52.9%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
10.42/15 · norm 0.40

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

Kevin Christian

Distance 100.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)

Billy Elekana

Distance 88.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.4%)

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

Kevin Christian

Head 26.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 23.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 50.0% (norm 9.7%)

Billy Elekana

Head 77.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Christian L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Elekana L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 27 / 38 71.1% 41.4% 78 / 150 52.0% 41.4%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.9% 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.3% 17 / 19 too few to rate 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 10 too few to rate 38.9% 67 / 131 51.1% 38.9%
To the body 8 / 9 too few to rate 71.9% 24 / 31 77.4% 71.9%
To the legs 17 / 19 too few to rate 81.8% 5 / 8 too few to rate 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light 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 Christian L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Elekana L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 18 / 31 58.1% 40.4% 98 / 195 50.3% 40.4%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.7% 11 / 14 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 19 / 21 too few to rate 70.4% 18 / 27 66.7% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 31 / 45 68.9% 37.5% 70 / 172 40.7% 37.5%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.3% 33 / 39 84.6% 72.3%
To the legs 5 / 7 too few to rate 83.0% 24 / 25 96.0% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
222.2% acc · 0.85/15 · norm 0.87
0— def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
0— def · norm 66.7%
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
5:4116.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:301:12 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
1:310:38 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
20.85/15 · norm 0.27

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

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