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Rodrigo Vera vs. Zhu Kangjie

UFC 1-0-0 vs. 0-1-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-0-0
UFC record
0-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
31
AgeΔ 1 yrs
30
—
Height
5'8"
—
Reach
70"
—
Stance
Orthodox
4.7
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
4.7
W
Last 5 (newest first)
L

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rodrigo Vera carries real power — 8.18 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Rodrigo Vera hunts takedowns — 8.18 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.17 Featherweight norm.
Zhu Kangjie absorbs 9.27 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.50 Featherweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rodrigo Vera

Full career not yet synced for Rodrigo Vera — 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

Zhu Kangjie

Full career not yet synced for Zhu Kangjie — 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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

179.27/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
73.82/min · norm 3.52
73.82/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
179.27/min · norm 3.50
58.6%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
50.0%norm 44.7%
50.0%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
41.4%norm 54.8%
18.18/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rodrigo Vera

Distance 55.2% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 6.9% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 37.9% (norm 6.5%)

Zhu Kangjie

Distance 100.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 0.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rodrigo Vera

Head 69.0% (norm 77.5%) · Body 3.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 27.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zhu Kangjie

Head 57.1% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 28.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Vera L/AAccFeatherweight med Zhu L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 16 too few to rate 40.5% 7 / 14 too few to rate 40.5%
In the clinch 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.5% 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.5%
On the ground 9 / 11 too few to rate 69.3% 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 13 / 20 too few to rate 37.1% 2 / 8 too few to rate 37.1%
To the body 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.0% 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0%
To the legs 3 / 8 too few to rate 80.3% 3 / 4 too few to rate 80.3%

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: 127 fighters · Featherweight: 127 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 Vera L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Zhu L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 7 / 14 too few to rate 39.3% 7 / 16 too few to rate 39.3%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 69.4% 9 / 11 too few to rate 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 2 / 8 too few to rate 35.9% 13 / 20 too few to rate 35.9%
To the body 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.0% 1 / 1 too few to rate 68.0%
To the legs 3 / 4 too few to rate 81.5% 3 / 8 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 8.18/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.17
0— def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
00.0% def · norm 61.5%
0:4137.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
0:000.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
0:000:00 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
0:415:35 per 15 · norm 3:11
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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