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Rocky Lee vs.
Taylor Lapilus

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

0-1-0 Rocky Lee · UFC
6-2-0 Taylor Lapilus · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-1-0
UFC record
6-2-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39
AgeΔ 5 yrs
34
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
5'6"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
135.8
Layoff (months)Δ 113.6 mo
22.2
L
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWW
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.

Taylor Lapilus rarely shoots — 0.27 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Rocky Lee absorbs 5.33 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.47 Featherweight norm — hittable.
Rocky Lee owns the mat — in control 25% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight 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.

Rocky Lee

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500

Taylor Lapilus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 112
Tier 3 — regional circuit 132

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.4 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

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

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

372.47/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
5124.59/min · norm 3.52
805.33/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
2912.61/min · norm 3.58
51.4%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
48.1%norm 43.4%
44.1%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
62.8%norm 56.6%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.27/15 · norm 0.30

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

Rocky Lee

Distance 83.3% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 15.3% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 6.5%)

Taylor Lapilus

Distance 85.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rocky Lee

Head 59.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 20.8% (norm 7.8%)

Taylor Lapilus

Head 79.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Lee L/AAccFeatherweight med Lapilus L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 26 / 60 43.3% 40.9% 387 / 911 42.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 10 / 11 too few to rate 70.8% 104 / 128 81.2% 68.7%
On the ground 1 / 1 too few to rate 69.2% 21 / 26 80.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 10 / 43 23.3% 37.2% 336 / 847 39.7% 34.9%
To the body 13 / 14 too few to rate 68.2% 125 / 154 81.2% 66.8%
To the legs 14 / 15 too few to rate 80.7% 51 / 64 79.7% 79.4%

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 (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Lee L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Lapilus L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 47 / 110 42.7% 39.2% 238 / 696 34.2% 39.3%
In the clinch 27 / 27 100.0% 70.3% 38 / 66 57.6% 70.4%
On the ground 6 / 6 too few to rate 69.4% 15 / 20 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 45 / 104 43.3% 35.9% 126 / 537 23.5% 34.9%
To the body 26 / 29 89.7% 67.9% 94 / 147 63.9% 66.0%
To the legs 9 / 10 too few to rate 81.5% 71 / 98 72.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

110.0% acc · 1.00/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
233.3% acc · 0.27/15 · norm 1.12
133.3% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
5577.5% def · norm 66.7%
3:4324.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
13:2412.0% of cage time · norm 17.4%
2:002:00 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
30:554:09 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
20.27/15 · norm 0.28

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

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