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Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Andrew Sanchez

UFC 10-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 5-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
12.5
Layoff (months)Δ 47.6 mo
60.1
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Khalil Rountree Jr. carries real power — 1.20 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Khalil Rountree Jr. rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Andrew Sanchez hunts takedowns — 2.55 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 107
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Andrew Sanchez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 67
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 41

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6803.88/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
5574.30/min · norm 3.23
7584.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6615.10/min · norm 3.20
40.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
43.7%norm 47.4%
49.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
141.20/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.35/15 · norm 0.32

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

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Distance 94.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.6%)

Andrew Sanchez

Distance 88.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.1% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.6% (norm 10.0%)

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

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Head 76.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 13.3% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 9.7%)

Andrew Sanchez

Head 82.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rountree L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Sanchez L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 617 / 1576 39.1% 41.5% 438 / 1125 38.9% 40.5%
In the clinch 36 / 53 67.9% 70.8% 54 / 78 69.2% 70.6%
On the ground 27 / 44 61.4% 72.9% 65 / 72 90.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 375 / 1276 29.4% 39.2% 407 / 1054 38.6% 38.8%
To the body 162 / 223 72.6% 72.0% 99 / 149 66.4% 71.6%
To the legs 143 / 174 82.2% 82.1% 51 / 72 70.8% 83.3%

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: 94 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Rountree L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Sanchez L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 684 / 1407 48.6% 40.6% 507 / 1146 44.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 31 / 41 75.6% 68.8% 129 / 165 78.2% 70.4%
On the ground 43 / 53 81.1% 70.4% 25 / 29 86.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 439 / 1101 39.9% 37.7% 451 / 1088 41.5% 37.9%
To the body 165 / 215 76.7% 72.9% 156 / 191 81.7% 71.3%
To the legs 154 / 185 83.2% 83.1% 54 / 61 88.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2236.7% acc · 2.55/15 · norm 1.35
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
9100.0% def · norm 63.3%
3:111.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
40:3631.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
17:491:31 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
3:070:21 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.09/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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