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Kyle Bochniak vs.
Jeremy Kennedy

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

2-5-0 Kyle Bochniak · UFC
3-1-0 Jeremy Kennedy · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
3-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
39.5
AgeΔ 5.6 yrs
33.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
70"
ReachΔ 1"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
81.6
Layoff (months)Δ 20.2 mo
101.8
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWW
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.

Jeremy Kennedy hunts takedowns — 5.73 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jeremy Kennedy owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Kyle Bochniak absorbs 5.11 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
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.

Kyle Bochniak

Full career not yet synced for Kyle Bochniak — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Jeremy Kennedy

Full career not yet synced for Jeremy Kennedy — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2762.63/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1222.22/min · norm 3.54
5375.11/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1422.58/min · norm 3.47
31.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.2%norm 45.0%
58.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
47.4%norm 54.85%
10.14/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Kyle Bochniak

Distance 92.9% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 6.0% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.0% (norm 6.5%)

Jeremy Kennedy

Distance 53.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 31.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Kyle Bochniak

Head 81.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.7% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.8%)

Jeremy Kennedy

Head 86.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Bochniak L/AAccFeatherweight med Kennedy L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 243 / 817 29.7% 40.9% 42 / 142 29.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 28 / 53 52.8% 70.8% 20 / 38 52.6% 70.8%
On the ground 5 / 9 too few to rate 69.2% 60 / 84 71.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 172 / 717 24.0% 37.2% 97 / 228 42.5% 37.2%
To the body 45 / 85 52.9% 68.2% 16 / 25 64.0% 68.2%
To the legs 59 / 77 76.6% 80.7% 9 / 11 too few to rate 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 Bochniak L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Kennedy L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 474 / 1188 39.9% 39.2% 50 / 123 40.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 35 / 48 72.9% 70.3% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 28 / 47 59.6% 69.4% 72 / 117 61.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 353 / 1041 33.9% 35.9% 91 / 201 45.3% 35.9%
To the body 97 / 138 70.3% 67.9% 32 / 46 69.6% 67.9%
To the legs 87 / 104 83.7% 81.5% 19 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

815.4% acc · 1.14/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2152.5% acc · 5.73/15 · norm 1.19
2762.8% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 61.5%
12:0211.5% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
29:5454.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
16:582:25 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
13:163:37 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 — Bochniak has more cage time on record.

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