Shannon Ross vs.
Kleydson Rodrigues
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.
Shannon Ross
Full career not yet synced for Shannon Ross — 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 -0.3 wins over .500
Kleydson Rodrigues
Full career not yet synced for Kleydson Rodrigues — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 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)
Shannon Ross
Distance 93.4% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 6.6% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.3%)
Kleydson Rodrigues
Distance 91.2% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 3.1% (norm 6.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Shannon Ross
Head 74.6% (norm 75.9%) · Body 10.7% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 14.8% (norm 9.3%)
Kleydson Rodrigues
Head 63.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 23.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 13.4% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Ross L/A | Acc | Flyweight med | Rodrigues L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 49 / 114 | 43.0% | 40.0% | 120 / 238 | 50.4% | 39.0% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 12 / 15 | too few to rate | 68.7% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.7% | 7 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 26 / 91 | 28.6% | 37.6% | 65 / 166 | 39.2% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 68.5% | 47 / 60 | 78.3% | 66.8% |
| To the legs | 14 / 18 | too few to rate | 80.0% | 27 / 35 | 77.1% | 79.4% |
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 (Flyweight: 73 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 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 Ross L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med | vs Rodrigues L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 47 / 105 | 44.8% | 40.1% | 61 / 150 | 40.7% | 39.3% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 21 | too few to rate | 68.8% | 8 / 11 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 8 / 23 | too few to rate | 71.1% | 25 / 35 | 71.4% | 72.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 42 / 118 | 35.6% | 35.2% | 58 / 143 | 40.6% | 34.9% |
| To the body | 14 / 18 | too few to rate | 68.2% | 23 / 35 | 65.7% | 66.0% |
| To the legs | 10 / 13 | too few to rate | 80.3% | 13 / 18 | too few to rate | 79.1% |
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 — Rodrigues has more cage time on record.