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Rongzhu vs. Chris Padilla

UFC 4-3-0 vs. 5-0-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
4-3-0
UFC record
5-0-1
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
26
AgeΔ 5 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
71"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
1.9
WWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WDWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Chris Padilla outworks the Lightweight division — 6.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
Rongzhu outworks the Lightweight division — 5.86 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.44 norm.
Rongzhu absorbs 5.63 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.38 Lightweight norm — hittable.

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

Chris Padilla

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

In the UFC: 1-0 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
4556.67/min · norm 3.44
5385.63/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3314.85/min · norm 3.38
49.1%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
54.4%norm 43.65%
55.3%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
51.5%norm 56.3%
20.31/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.22/15 · 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%)

Chris Padilla

Distance 88.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 7.1% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 4.2% (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%)

Chris Padilla

Head 60.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 26.2% (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 Padilla L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 503 / 1056 47.6% 38.3% 380 / 742 51.2% 38.3%
In the clinch 12 / 20 too few to rate 67.5% 48 / 59 81.4% 67.5%
On the ground 45 / 65 69.2% 68.8% 27 / 35 77.1% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 422 / 978 43.1% 35.1% 229 / 507 45.2% 35.1%
To the body 65 / 85 76.5% 69.1% 76 / 110 69.1% 69.1%
To the legs 73 / 78 93.6% 81.8% 150 / 219 68.5% 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 Padilla L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 498 / 1139 43.7% 38.8% 290 / 633 45.8% 38.8%
In the clinch 30 / 47 63.8% 68.6% 41 / 49 83.7% 68.6%
On the ground 10 / 18 too few to rate 68.0% 0 / 0 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 343 / 933 36.8% 35.2% 203 / 526 38.6% 35.2%
To the body 113 / 161 70.2% 68.2% 72 / 90 80.0% 68.2%
To the legs 82 / 110 74.5% 81.5% 56 / 66 84.8% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1062.5% acc · 1.57/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
529.4% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.34
2385.2% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1083.3% def · norm 63.7%
13:0113.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
11:1616.5% of cage time · norm 18.95%
4:580:46 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
0:440:09 per 15 · norm 2:50
00.00/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.44/15 · 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.