Ramon Taveras vs.
Jack Jenkins
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.
Ramon Taveras
Full career not yet synced for Ramon Taveras — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500
Jack Jenkins
Full career not yet synced for Jack Jenkins — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 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)
Ramon Taveras
Distance 96.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.2% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.2% (norm 6.5%)
Jack Jenkins
Distance 80.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 12.0% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Ramon Taveras
Head 90.9% (norm 77.4%) · Body 7.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 1.9% (norm 8.4%)
Jack Jenkins
Head 64.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.0% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 17.5% (norm 7.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Taveras L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Jenkins L/A | Acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 165 / 402 | 41.0% | 39.0% | 271 / 476 | 56.9% | 40.9% |
| In the clinch | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 37 / 46 | 80.4% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 6 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 46 / 71 | 64.8% | 69.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 147 / 378 | 38.9% | 34.9% | 182 / 382 | 47.6% | 37.2% |
| To the body | 19 / 30 | 63.3% | 66.8% | 86 / 107 | 80.4% | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 8 / 8 | too few to rate | 79.4% | 86 / 104 | 82.7% | 80.7% |
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 (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Featherweight: 126 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 Taveras L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Jenkins L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 278 / 603 | 46.1% | 39.3% | 185 / 508 | 36.4% | 39.2% |
| In the clinch | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 35 / 53 | 66.0% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 3 / 9 | too few to rate | 72.4% | 31 / 36 | 86.1% | 69.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 130 / 407 | 31.9% | 34.9% | 139 / 422 | 32.9% | 35.9% |
| To the body | 78 / 124 | 62.9% | 66.0% | 65 / 110 | 59.1% | 67.9% |
| To the legs | 83 / 94 | 88.3% | 79.1% | 47 / 65 | 72.3% | 81.5% |
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 — Jenkins has more cage time on record.