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Rony Jason vs.
Jeremy Kennedy

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

4-4-0 (1 NC) Rony Jason · UFC
3-1-0 Jeremy Kennedy · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

4-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
3-1-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
42.4
AgeΔ 8.5 yrs
33.9
5'7"
HeightΔ 4"
5'11"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
112.8
Layoff (months)Δ 11 mo
101.8
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWW
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.

Jeremy Kennedy hunts takedowns — 5.73 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 Featherweight norm.
Jeremy Kennedy owns the mat — in control 54% of cage time, vs a 17% Featherweight norm.
Rony Jason is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 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.

Rony Jason

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

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Jeremy Kennedy

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

In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1552.04/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
1222.22/min · norm 3.54
2393.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
1422.58/min · norm 3.47
44.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
46.2%norm 45.0%
53.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
47.4%norm 54.85%
20.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Rony Jason

Distance 86.0% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 4.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 6.5%)

Jeremy Kennedy

Distance 53.8% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 14.4% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 31.8% (norm 6.5%)

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

Rony Jason

Head 73.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 21.1% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 7.8%)

Jeremy Kennedy

Head 86.4% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.5% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 7.8%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Jason L/AAccFeatherweight med Kennedy L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 301 37.5% 40.9% 42 / 142 29.6% 40.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 20 / 38 52.6% 70.8%
On the ground 29 / 32 90.6% 69.2% 60 / 84 71.4% 69.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 256 36.7% 37.2% 97 / 228 42.5% 37.2%
To the body 46 / 74 62.2% 68.2% 16 / 25 64.0% 68.2%
To the legs 15 / 20 too few to rate 80.7% 9 / 11 too few to rate 80.7%

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 · Featherweight: 126 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 Jason L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Kennedy L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 396 36.9% 39.2% 50 / 123 40.7% 39.2%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 20 / 30 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 79 / 101 78.2% 69.4% 72 / 117 61.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 392 39.0% 35.9% 91 / 201 45.3% 35.9%
To the body 35 / 66 53.0% 67.9% 32 / 46 69.6% 67.9%
To the legs 51 / 58 87.9% 81.5% 19 / 23 too few to rate 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

330.0% acc · 0.59/15 · norm 1.19
Takedowns landed
2152.5% acc · 5.73/15 · norm 1.19
1136.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
466.7% def · norm 61.5%
11:1714.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
29:5454.4% of cage time · norm 16.7%
21:554:19 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
13:163:37 per 15 · norm 3:12
40.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.46

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

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