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Rongzhu vs. Brandon Jenkins

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 0-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
0-2-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
26
AgeΔ 9 yrs
35
5'9"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
71"
ReachΔ 0"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 52.9 mo
54.1
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Brandon Jenkins absorbs 8.05 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.
Brandon Jenkins rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Rongzhu outworks the Lightweight division — 5.86 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rongzhu

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 33
Tier 3 — regional circuit 253

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.95 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 22 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.1 wins over .500

Brandon Jenkins

Full career not yet synced for Brandon 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 +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

5605.86/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
592.93/min · norm 3.44
5385.63/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1628.05/min · norm 3.38
49.1%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
41.3%norm 43.65%
55.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
33.1%norm 56.3%
20.31/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.25

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

Rongzhu

Distance 92.6% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 1.8% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 5.7% (norm 8.0%)

Brandon Jenkins

Distance 92.3% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 6.3% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 1.4% (norm 8.0%)

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

Rongzhu

Head 85.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 6.8% (norm 8.0%)

Brandon Jenkins

Head 64.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 21.7% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Rongzhu L/AAccLightweight med Jenkins L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 1056 47.6% 38.3% 50 / 132 37.9% 38.3%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 67.5% 7 / 9 too few to rate 67.5%
On the ground 45 / 65 69.2% 68.8% 2 / 2 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 978 43.1% 35.1% 21 / 92 22.8% 35.1%
To the body 65 / 85 76.5% 69.1% 10 / 20 too few to rate 69.1%
To the legs 73 / 78 93.6% 81.8% 28 / 31 90.3% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Rongzhu L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Jenkins L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 498 / 1139 43.7% 38.8% 70 / 116 60.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 30 / 47 63.8% 68.6% 39 / 47 83.0% 68.6%
On the ground 10 / 18 too few to rate 68.0% 53 / 79 67.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 933 36.8% 35.2% 126 / 205 61.5% 35.2%
To the body 113 / 161 70.2% 68.2% 24 / 25 96.0% 68.2%
To the legs 82 / 110 74.5% 81.5% 12 / 12 too few to rate 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1062.5% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.34
2385.2% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
327.3% def · norm 63.7%
13:0113.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
0:141.2% of cage time · norm 18.95%
4:580:46 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
11:238:28 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.48

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