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Levi Rodrigues Jr. vs. Liu Ce

UFC 0-2-0 vs. 1-0-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
0-2-0
UFC record
1-0-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
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Age
30
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Height
—
—
Reach
—
—
Stance
—
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.7
LL
Last 5 (newest first)
W

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Liu Ce carries real power — 6.77 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Liu Ce outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 13.31 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.48 norm.
Levi Rodrigues Jr. absorbs 8.83 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.37 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500

Liu Ce

Competition tierWL
Tier 3 — regional circuit 31

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.54 · 0 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 4 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

393.51/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
5913.31/min · norm 3.48
988.83/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
286.32/min · norm 3.37
43.8%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
72.0%norm 48.45%
29.0%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
26.77/15 · norm 0.40

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

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

Distance 98.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.1% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)

Liu Ce

Distance 91.5% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.5% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

Head 87.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 2.2% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 10.1% (norm 9.7%)

Liu Ce

Head 75.6% (norm 78.5%) · Body 14.6% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rodrigues L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Liu L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 38 / 88 43.2% 41.5% 54 / 75 72.0% 41.5%
In the clinch 1 / 1 too few to rate 70.8% 5 / 7 too few to rate 70.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9% 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 30 / 78 38.5% 39.2% 42 / 62 67.7% 39.2%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.0% 9 / 12 too few to rate 72.0%
To the legs 7 / 9 too few to rate 82.1% 8 / 8 too few to rate 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 Rodrigues L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Liu L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 66 / 95 69.5% 40.6% 27 / 56 48.2% 40.6%
In the clinch 5 / 7 too few to rate 68.8% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.8%
On the ground 27 / 36 75.0% 70.4% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 80 / 117 68.4% 37.7% 23 / 51 45.1% 37.7%
To the body 10 / 13 too few to rate 72.9% 2 / 2 too few to rate 72.9%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 83.1% 3 / 4 too few to rate 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
350.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2100.0% def · norm 66.7%
0:446.6% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
0:041.5% of cage time · norm 17.1%
3:555:17 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:442:28 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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