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Khalil Rountree Jr. vs. Modestas Bukauskas

UFC 10-7-0 (1 NC) vs. 9-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-7-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
9-5-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
36
AgeΔ 4 yrs
32
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
6'3"
76"
ReachΔ 0"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
12.5
Layoff (months)Δ 11 mo
1.5
LWLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW

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.
Modestas Bukauskas rarely shoots — 0.21 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight 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

Modestas Bukauskas

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 85
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 71
Tier 3 — regional circuit 51

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.19 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 27 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 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
4333.10/min · norm 3.48
7584.33/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5443.89/min · norm 3.37
40.6%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
43.3%norm 48.45%
49.5%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
49.6%norm 52.75%
141.20/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.21/15 · 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 8.8%) · Ground 2.6% (norm 10.6%)

Modestas Bukauskas

Distance 89.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 4.7% (norm 10.6%)

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%)

Modestas Bukauskas

Head 86.4% (norm 78.5%) · Body 8.8% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 9.7%)

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 Bukauskas L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 617 / 1576 39.1% 41.5% 356 / 892 39.9% 41.5%
In the clinch 36 / 53 67.9% 70.8% 43 / 62 69.4% 70.8%
On the ground 27 / 44 61.4% 72.9% 34 / 47 72.3% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 375 / 1276 29.4% 39.2% 319 / 865 36.9% 39.2%
To the body 162 / 223 72.6% 72.0% 70 / 88 79.5% 72.0%
To the legs 143 / 174 82.2% 82.1% 44 / 48 91.7% 82.1%

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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Bukauskas L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 684 / 1407 48.6% 40.6% 453 / 964 47.0% 40.6%
In the clinch 31 / 41 75.6% 68.8% 57 / 71 80.3% 68.8%
On the ground 43 / 53 81.1% 70.4% 34 / 45 75.6% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 439 / 1101 39.9% 37.7% 229 / 682 33.6% 37.7%
To the body 165 / 215 76.7% 72.9% 181 / 237 76.4% 72.9%
To the legs 154 / 185 83.2% 83.1% 134 / 161 83.2% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
266.7% acc · 0.21/15 · norm 0.87
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2877.8% def · norm 66.7%
3:111.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
15:5611.4% of cage time · norm 17.1%
17:491:31 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
24:442:39 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.09/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.11/15 · norm 0.28

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