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Kevin Vallejos vs.
SeungWoo Choi

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

4-0-0 Kevin Vallejos · UFC
4-7-0 SeungWoo Choi · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-0-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
24
AgeΔ 9 yrs
33
5'7"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
68"
ReachΔ 6"
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
4.8
Layoff (months)Δ 11.9 mo
16.7
WWWW
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.

Kevin Vallejos carries real power — 2.13 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
SeungWoo Choi carries real power — 0.69 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Kevin Vallejos outworks the Featherweight division — 5.68 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.54 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.

Kevin Vallejos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.67 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

SeungWoo Choi

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.44 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1605.68/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
3843.56/min · norm 3.54
1003.55/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
3413.16/min · norm 3.47
46.6%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
38.9%norm 45.0%
58.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
47.0%norm 54.85%
42.13/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
50.69/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kevin Vallejos

Distance 84.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 6.5%)

SeungWoo Choi

Distance 82.6% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kevin Vallejos

Head 78.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.8% (norm 7.8%)

SeungWoo Choi

Head 77.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 9.3% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vallejos L/AAccFeatherweight med Choi L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 121 / 290 41.7% 40.9% 270 / 815 33.1% 40.9%
In the clinch 20 / 28 71.4% 70.8% 67 / 99 67.7% 70.8%
On the ground 19 / 25 76.0% 69.2% 47 / 73 64.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 108 / 269 40.1% 37.2% 230 / 761 30.2% 37.2%
To the body 36 / 54 66.7% 68.2% 84 / 134 62.7% 68.2%
To the legs 16 / 20 too few to rate 80.7% 70 / 92 76.1% 80.7%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Vallejos L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Choi L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 238 41.6% 39.2% 240 / 519 46.2% 39.2%
In the clinch 1 / 4 too few to rate 70.3% 40 / 51 78.4% 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 61 / 74 82.4% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 59 / 176 33.5% 35.9% 211 / 461 45.8% 35.9%
To the body 24 / 36 66.7% 67.9% 66 / 104 63.5% 67.9%
To the legs 17 / 30 56.7% 81.5% 64 / 79 81.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

233.3% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
654.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.19
990.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
3170.5% def · norm 61.5%
3:2512.1% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
19:4118.2% of cage time · norm 16.7%
0:220:11 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
27:043:45 per 15 · norm 3:12
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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