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Nordine Taleb vs. Li Jingliang

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 11-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
11-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 7 yrs
38
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 3"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
85.4
Layoff (months)Δ 59.3 mo
26.1
LWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Li Jingliang carries real power — 0.79 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.38 Welterweight norm.
Nordine Taleb hunts takedowns — 1.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.31 Welterweight norm.
Li Jingliang outworks the Welterweight division — 4.46 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Nordine Taleb

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 61

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.2 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4533.66/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
8464.46/min · norm 3.17
3252.62/min · norm 3.08
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7483.95/min · norm 3.08
51.1%norm 44.75%
Striking accuracy
42.4%norm 44.75%
66.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
56.6%norm 55.25%
20.24/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
100.79/15 · norm 0.38

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

Nordine Taleb

Distance 84.9% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 8.1%)

Li Jingliang

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

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

Nordine Taleb

Head 64.7% (norm 78.3%) · Body 18.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 17.0% (norm 8.0%)

Li Jingliang

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Taleb L/AAccWelterweight med Li L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 355 / 752 47.2% 38.5% 736 / 1811 40.6% 38.5%
In the clinch 33 / 42 78.6% 67.8% 40 / 75 53.3% 67.8%
On the ground 65 / 92 70.7% 67.0% 70 / 108 64.8% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 220 / 573 38.4% 36.4% 476 / 1469 32.4% 36.4%
To the body 106 / 162 65.4% 70.7% 108 / 167 64.7% 70.7%
To the legs 127 / 151 84.1% 83.0% 262 / 358 73.2% 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 Taleb L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Li L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 268 / 877 30.6% 39.1% 597 / 1516 39.4% 39.1%
In the clinch 30 / 48 62.5% 68.9% 62 / 94 66.0% 68.9%
On the ground 27 / 54 50.0% 68.0% 89 / 113 78.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 196 / 774 25.3% 35.6% 543 / 1443 37.6% 35.6%
To the body 71 / 114 62.3% 69.6% 99 / 151 65.6% 69.6%
To the legs 58 / 91 63.7% 82.2% 106 / 129 82.2% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1676.2% acc · 1.94/15 · norm 1.31
Takedowns landed
1541.7% acc · 1.19/15 · norm 1.31
1773.9% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2660.5% def · norm 63.9%
29:0723.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
15:248.1% of cage time · norm 18.5%
10:121:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control lower is better
29:572:22 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.