Li Jingliang vs.
Khamzat Chimaev
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Li Jingliang
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 11 | 7 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 2 |
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
Khamzat Chimaev
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 9 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 6 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 2.03 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 16 documented bouts
In the UFC: 7-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +6.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Li Jingliang
Distance 90.8% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 5.4% (norm 8.1%)
Khamzat Chimaev
Distance 69.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 28.4% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Li Jingliang
Head 73.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 8.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 18.0% (norm 8.4%)
Khamzat Chimaev
Head 80.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.2% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Jingliang L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Chimaev L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 736 / 1811 | 40.6% | 38.6% | 221 / 507 | 43.6% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 40 / 75 | 53.3% | 67.8% | 13 / 16 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 70 / 108 | 64.8% | 67.2% | 162 / 207 | 78.3% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 476 / 1469 | 32.4% | 37.2% | 301 / 588 | 51.2% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 108 / 167 | 64.7% | 70.7% | 58 / 104 | 55.8% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 262 / 358 | 73.2% | 82.9% | 37 / 38 | 97.4% | 83.3% |
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: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Jingliang L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Chimaev L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 597 / 1516 | 39.4% | 39.0% | 264 / 578 | 45.7% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 62 / 94 | 66.0% | 68.9% | 11 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 89 / 113 | 78.8% | 68.0% | 19 / 23 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 543 / 1443 | 37.6% | 35.6% | 245 / 548 | 44.7% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 99 / 151 | 65.6% | 69.6% | 35 / 48 | 72.9% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 106 / 129 | 82.2% | 82.1% | 14 / 17 | too few to rate | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Jingliang has more cage time on record.