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Mason Jones vs. Alan Patrick

UFC 4-3-0 (1 NC) vs. 5-4-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-4-0 (1 NC)
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
31
AgeΔ 12 yrs
43
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'11"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1.9
Layoff (months)Δ 51.3 mo
53.2
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Mason Jones hunts takedowns — 3.38 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Alan Patrick hunts takedowns — 3.01 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Alan Patrick owns the mat — in control 37% of cage time, vs a 19% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Mason Jones

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 42
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 130
Tier 3 — regional circuit 10

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.72 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Alan Patrick

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 54
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.83 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6186.33/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
2091.82/min · norm 3.44
4764.87/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3382.95/min · norm 3.38
43.7%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
40.7%norm 43.65%
48.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
43.5%norm 56.3%
10.15/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.13/15 · norm 0.25

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

Mason Jones

Distance 81.5% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 8.0% (norm 8.0%)

Alan Patrick

Distance 80.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 12.3% (norm 8.0%)

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

Mason Jones

Head 82.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.9% (norm 8.0%)

Alan Patrick

Head 75.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jones L/AAccLightweight med Patrick L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 443 / 1153 38.4% 38.3% 140 / 414 33.8% 38.3%
In the clinch 99 / 148 66.9% 67.5% 24 / 36 66.7% 67.5%
On the ground 76 / 113 67.3% 68.8% 45 / 63 71.4% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 427 / 1167 36.6% 35.1% 127 / 385 33.0% 35.1%
To the body 143 / 192 74.5% 69.1% 53 / 95 55.8% 69.1%
To the legs 48 / 55 87.3% 81.8% 29 / 33 87.9% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Jones L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Patrick L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 406 / 816 49.8% 38.8% 179 / 384 46.6% 38.8%
In the clinch 50 / 74 67.6% 68.6% 60 / 82 73.2% 68.6%
On the ground 20 / 37 54.1% 68.0% 99 / 132 75.0% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 322 / 720 44.7% 35.2% 214 / 439 48.7% 35.2%
To the body 101 / 148 68.2% 68.2% 93 / 125 74.4% 68.2%
To the legs 53 / 59 89.8% 81.5% 31 / 34 91.2% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2256.4% acc · 3.38/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
2333.3% acc · 3.01/15 · norm 1.34
2177.8% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
743.8% def · norm 63.7%
26:0926.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
42:1136.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
11:291:45 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
22:042:53 per 15 · norm 2:50
10.15/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.26/15 · norm 0.48

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