Sai Wang vs.
Zhang Lipeng
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Sai Wang
Full career not yet synced for Sai Wang — 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 -0.5 wins over .500
Zhang Lipeng
Full career not yet synced for Zhang Lipeng — 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 +0.0 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Sai Wang
Distance 66.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 16.7% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 16.7% (norm 8.1%)
Zhang Lipeng
Distance 63.9% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 25.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 10.1% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Sai Wang
Head 69.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 14.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 16.7% (norm 8.4%)
Zhang Lipeng
Head 57.0% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.1% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 25.9% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Wang L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Lipeng L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 50 / 135 | 37.0% | 38.6% | 38 / 101 | 37.6% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 24 / 34 | 70.6% | 67.8% | 32 / 41 | 78.0% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 21 / 34 | 61.8% | 67.2% | 7 / 16 | too few to rate | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 52 / 140 | 37.1% | 37.2% | 24 / 90 | 26.7% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 70.7% | 17 / 27 | 63.0% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 23 / 34 | 67.6% | 82.9% | 36 / 41 | 87.8% | 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 (Welterweight: 182 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 Wang L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Lipeng L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 56 / 130 | 43.1% | 39.0% | 48 / 146 | 32.9% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 43 / 56 | 76.8% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 22 / 43 | 51.2% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 31 / 94 | 33.0% | 35.6% | 49 / 147 | 33.3% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 16 / 34 | 47.1% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 23 / 32 | 71.9% | 82.1% | 48 / 64 | 75.0% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Lipeng has more cage time on record.