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Li Jingliang vs. Anton Zafir

UFC 11-7-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-7-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
38
AgeΔ 1 yrs
39
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
71"
Reach
—
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
26.1
Layoff (months)Δ 97.3 mo
123.4
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Anton Zafir hunts takedowns — 6.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Anton Zafir owns the mat — in control 57% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Li Jingliang carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Li Jingliang

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 117
Tier 3 — regional circuit 82

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Anton Zafir

Full career not yet synced for Anton Zafir — 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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8464.46/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
222.99/min · norm 3.17
7483.95/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
172.31/min · norm 3.08
42.4%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
64.7%norm 44.75%
56.6%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
52.8%norm 55.25%
100.79/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Li Jingliang

Distance 90.8% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 8.1%)

Anton Zafir

Distance 55.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 23.5% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 20.6% (norm 8.1%)

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

Li Jingliang

Head 73.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.0%)

Anton Zafir

Head 55.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 26.5% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.6% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Li L/AAccWelterweight med Zafir L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 736 / 1811 40.6% 38.5% 9 / 19 too few to rate 38.5%
In the clinch 40 / 75 53.3% 67.8% 6 / 8 too few to rate 67.8%
On the ground 70 / 108 64.8% 67.0% 7 / 7 too few to rate 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 476 / 1469 32.4% 36.4% 9 / 19 too few to rate 36.4%
To the body 108 / 167 64.7% 70.7% 7 / 9 too few to rate 70.7%
To the legs 262 / 358 73.2% 83.0% 6 / 6 too few to rate 83.0%

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 (Welterweight: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Li L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Zafir L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 597 / 1516 39.4% 39.1% 9 / 21 too few to rate 39.1%
In the clinch 62 / 94 66.0% 68.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 68.9%
On the ground 89 / 113 78.8% 68.0% 7 / 13 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 543 / 1443 37.6% 35.6% 10 / 27 37.0% 35.6%
To the body 99 / 151 65.6% 69.6% 3 / 5 too few to rate 69.6%
To the legs 106 / 129 82.2% 82.2% 4 / 4 too few to rate 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1541.7% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
360.0% acc · 6.11/15 · norm 1.31
2660.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 63.9%
15:248.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
4:1156.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
29:572:22 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
0:230:46 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.44
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.44

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