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Kevin Lee vs. James Moontasri

UFC 11-8-0 vs. 2-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-8-0
UFC record
2-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 4 yrs
38
5'9"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
77"
ReachΔ 6"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
39.7
Layoff (months)Δ 78.4 mo
118.1
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Kevin Lee hunts takedowns — 3.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Kevin Lee owns the mat — in control 41% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.
James Moontasri rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Kevin Lee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.8 wins over .500

James Moontasri

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 24
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.91 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 14 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8433.88/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
1422.39/min · norm 3.17
7813.60/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
2293.86/min · norm 3.08
42.3%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
49.0%norm 44.75%
50.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
40.7%norm 55.25%
10.07/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.51/15 · norm 0.38

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

Kevin Lee

Distance 77.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 18.0% (norm 8.0%)

James Moontasri

Distance 59.3% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 14.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 26.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Kevin Lee

Head 87.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 8.0%)

James Moontasri

Head 72.1% (norm 78.3%) · Body 20.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccLightweight med Moontasri L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 500 / 1537 32.5% 38.3% 78 / 172 45.3% 38.5%
In the clinch 73 / 98 74.5% 67.5% 25 / 41 61.0% 67.8%
On the ground 270 / 360 75.0% 68.8% 39 / 77 50.6% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 653 / 1746 37.4% 35.1% 82 / 209 39.2% 36.4%
To the body 166 / 225 73.8% 69.1% 39 / 59 66.1% 70.7%
To the legs 24 / 24 too few to rate 81.8% 21 / 22 too few to rate 83.0%

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 · Welterweight: 180 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 Lee L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Moontasri L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 650 / 1405 46.3% 38.8% 120 / 245 49.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 64 / 84 76.2% 68.6% 48 / 67 71.6% 68.9%
On the ground 67 / 83 80.7% 68.0% 61 / 74 82.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 514 / 1235 41.6% 35.2% 152 / 293 51.9% 35.6%
To the body 146 / 202 72.3% 68.2% 53 / 66 80.3% 69.6%
To the legs 121 / 135 89.6% 81.5% 24 / 27 88.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
4643.4% acc · 3.18/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.31
3075.0% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
2779.4% def · norm 63.9%
89:3241.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
9:1915.7% of cage time · norm 18.5%
16:101:07 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
25:066:20 per 15 · norm 3:15
110.76/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.44

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