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Rony Jason vs.
Jeremy Stephens

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
15-20-0 (1 NC) Jeremy Stephens · 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
15-20-0 (1 NC)
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
42.4
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
40.2
5'7"
HeightΔ 2"
5'9"
73"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
112.8
Layoff (months)Δ 109.9 mo
2.9
LLNCLW
Last 5 (newest first)
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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 Stephens carries real power — 0.66 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Rony Jason is a submission threat — 0.79 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.46 Featherweight norm.
Rony Jason rarely shoots — 0.59 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.19 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 Stephens

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1622
Tier 3 — regional circuit 131

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 16 tier-1/2 wins · 21 finish wins over 53 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-17 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1552.04/min · norm 3.54
Sig. strikes landed
12813.13/min · norm 3.42
2393.14/min · norm 3.47
Sig. strikes absorbed
13273.25/min · norm 3.37
44.3%norm 45.0%
Striking accuracy
40.8%norm 43.5%
53.7%norm 54.85%
Striking defense
57.9%norm 56.3%
20.39/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
180.66/15 · norm 0.25

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 Stephens

Distance 84.0% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 5.6% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 8.0%)

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 Stephens

Head 77.1% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.1% (norm 7.9%)

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 Stephens L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 113 / 301 37.5% 40.9% 942 / 2637 35.7% 37.9%
In the clinch 13 / 17 too few to rate 70.8% 126 / 175 72.0% 67.3%
On the ground 29 / 32 90.6% 69.2% 213 / 326 65.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 94 / 256 36.7% 37.2% 752 / 2420 31.1% 35.0%
To the body 46 / 74 62.2% 68.2% 222 / 307 72.3% 69.1%
To the legs 15 / 20 too few to rate 80.7% 307 / 411 74.7% 81.9%

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 · Lightweight: 201 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 Stephens L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 146 / 396 36.9% 39.2% 1035 / 2709 38.2% 38.9%
In the clinch 14 / 19 too few to rate 70.3% 113 / 165 68.5% 68.6%
On the ground 79 / 101 78.2% 69.4% 179 / 278 64.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 153 / 392 39.0% 35.9% 812 / 2468 32.9% 35.1%
To the body 35 / 66 53.0% 67.9% 238 / 349 68.2% 68.1%
To the legs 51 / 58 87.9% 81.5% 277 / 335 82.7% 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
3038.5% acc · 1.10/15 · norm 1.38
1136.7% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
7861.9% def · norm 64.0%
11:1714.8% of cage time · norm 16.7%
Control time
71:3117.5% of cage time · norm 19.5%
21:554:19 per 15 · norm 3:12
Time under control
91:283:21 per 15 · norm 2:46
40.79/15 · norm 0.46
Submission attempts
110.40/15 · norm 0.49

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

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