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Mike Rodriguez vs.
Da Woon Jung

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 (1 NC) Mike Rodriguez · UFC
4-4-1 Da Woon Jung · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-4-1
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
37
AgeΔ 5 yrs
32
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
82"
ReachΔ 4"
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
58.6
Layoff (months)Δ 36.4 mo
22.2
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Mike Rodriguez carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.40 Light Heavyweight norm.
Mike Rodriguez rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Da Woon Jung hunts takedowns — 1.59 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
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.

Mike Rodriguez

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

In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Da Woon Jung

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 44
Tier 3 — regional circuit 113

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3244.39/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
3053.24/min · norm 3.41
3194.32/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
3984.23/min · norm 3.35
54.5%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
40.7%norm 48.3%
41.4%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
49.3%norm 52.9%
51.02/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.48/15 · norm 0.40

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

Mike Rodriguez

Distance 74.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 19.7% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 6.1% (norm 10.4%)

Da Woon Jung

Distance 88.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 4.3% (norm 10.4%)

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

Mike Rodriguez

Head 61.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 23.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 9.7%)

Da Woon Jung

Head 79.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.6% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rodriguez L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Jung L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 196 / 442 44.3% 41.4% 240 / 665 36.1% 41.4%
In the clinch 102 / 117 87.2% 70.9% 39 / 52 75.0% 70.9%
On the ground 26 / 36 72.2% 72.3% 26 / 32 81.2% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 366 39.3% 38.9% 201 / 597 33.7% 38.9%
To the body 112 / 141 79.4% 71.9% 42 / 72 58.3% 71.9%
To the legs 68 / 88 77.3% 81.8% 62 / 80 77.5% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Rodriguez L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Jung L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 164 / 349 47.0% 40.4% 330 / 688 48.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 85 / 116 73.3% 68.7% 51 / 73 69.9% 68.7%
On the ground 70 / 79 88.6% 70.4% 17 / 24 too few to rate 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 201 / 387 51.9% 37.5% 254 / 615 41.3% 37.5%
To the body 71 / 104 68.3% 72.3% 55 / 70 78.6% 72.3%
To the legs 47 / 53 88.7% 83.0% 89 / 100 89.0% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1047.6% acc · 1.59/15 · norm 0.87
1135.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2275.9% def · norm 66.7%
8:4511.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
20:4822.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
32:166:33 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
13:122:06 per 15 · norm 2:48
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.16/15 · norm 0.27

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

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