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Rhys McKee vs.
Chidi Njokuani

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

1-5-0 Rhys McKee · UFC
5-5-0 Chidi Njokuani · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-5-0
UFC record
5-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
30.9
AgeΔ 6.7 yrs
37.6
6'2"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
78"
ReachΔ 2"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
11
Layoff (months)Δ 5.5 mo
5.5
LWLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.

Rhys McKee absorbs 7.15 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.06 Welterweight norm — hittable.
Rhys McKee rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Chidi Njokuani rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight 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.

Rhys McKee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 25
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 122

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Chidi Njokuani

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3074.71/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4785.67/min · norm 3.17
4667.15/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3293.91/min · norm 3.06
40.8%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
60.0%norm 44.9%
47.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 55.25%
30.69/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
30.53/15 · norm 0.38

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

Rhys McKee

Distance 93.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 6.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 0.8% (norm 8.1%)

Chidi Njokuani

Distance 71.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 8.1%)

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

Rhys McKee

Head 83.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 4.1% (norm 8.4%)

Chidi Njokuani

Head 49.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 34.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.2% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone McKee L/AAccWelterweight med Njokuani L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 276 / 699 39.5% 38.6% 305 / 570 53.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 26 / 47 55.3% 67.8% 136 / 170 80.0% 67.8%
On the ground 5 / 6 too few to rate 67.2% 37 / 57 64.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 210 / 631 33.3% 37.2% 178 / 398 44.7% 37.2%
To the body 72 / 90 80.0% 70.7% 193 / 278 69.4% 70.7%
To the legs 25 / 31 80.6% 82.9% 107 / 121 88.4% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 McKee L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Njokuani L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 309 / 660 46.8% 39.0% 246 / 641 38.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 83 / 120 69.2% 68.9% 40 / 51 78.4% 68.9%
On the ground 74 / 105 70.5% 68.0% 43 / 77 55.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 345 / 724 47.7% 35.6% 204 / 608 33.6% 35.6%
To the body 66 / 100 66.0% 69.6% 69 / 91 75.8% 69.6%
To the legs 55 / 61 90.2% 82.1% 56 / 70 80.0% 82.1%
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 1.27
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1047.6% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 63.9%
8:0812.5% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
13:0815.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
15:383:35 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
23:184:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.45

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

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