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Khalil Rountree Jr. vs.
Dustin Jacoby

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

10-7-0 (1 NC) Khalil Rountree Jr. · UFC
10-7-1 Dustin Jacoby · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-7-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
36.4
AgeΔ 1.9 yrs
38.3
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
10.1
Layoff (months)Δ 9.7 mo
0.4
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
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.

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.
Dustin Jacoby rarely shoots — 0.26 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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.

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

Dustin Jacoby

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 119
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.02 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6803.88/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
9355.33/min · norm 3.41
7584.33/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
7494.27/min · norm 3.35
40.6%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 48.3%
49.5%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
57.8%norm 52.9%
141.20/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
70.60/15 · norm 0.40

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

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Distance 94.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.4%)

Dustin Jacoby

Distance 93.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 5.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 2.1% (norm 10.4%)

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

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Head 76.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.3% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 9.7%)

Dustin Jacoby

Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jr. L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jacoby L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 617 / 1576 39.1% 41.4% 840 / 1899 44.2% 41.4%
In the clinch 36 / 53 67.9% 70.9% 75 / 102 73.5% 70.9%
On the ground 27 / 44 61.4% 72.3% 20 / 42 47.6% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 375 / 1276 29.4% 38.9% 617 / 1618 38.1% 38.9%
To the body 162 / 223 72.6% 71.9% 129 / 192 67.2% 71.9%
To the legs 143 / 174 82.2% 81.8% 189 / 233 81.1% 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 Jr. L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jacoby L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 684 / 1407 48.6% 40.4% 656 / 1630 40.2% 40.4%
In the clinch 31 / 41 75.6% 68.7% 52 / 83 62.7% 68.7%
On the ground 43 / 53 81.1% 70.4% 41 / 61 67.2% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 439 / 1101 39.9% 37.5% 515 / 1470 35.0% 37.5%
To the body 165 / 215 76.7% 72.3% 98 / 147 66.7% 72.3%
To the legs 154 / 185 83.2% 83.0% 136 / 157 86.6% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
320.0% acc · 0.26/15 · norm 0.87
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2757.4% def · norm 66.7%
3:111.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
13:197.6% of cage time · norm 16.5%
17:491:31 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
18:321:35 per 15 · norm 2:48
10.09/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.27

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

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