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Song Yadong vs.
Chris Gutierrez

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

12-4-1 Song Yadong · UFC
10-4-1 Chris Gutierrez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-4-1
UFC record
10-4-1
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28.7
AgeΔ 6.6 yrs
35.3
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
67"
ReachΔ 0"
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 7.9 mo
10.1
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW
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.

Chris Gutierrez rarely shoots — 0.30 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Song Yadong carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Chris Gutierrez carries real power — 0.44 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight 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.

Song Yadong

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 125
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.04 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Chris Gutierrez

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 114
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 31 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9584.34/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
8954.40/min · norm 3.52
8423.81/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
5392.65/min · norm 3.58
43.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
57.6%norm 43.4%
55.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
63.4%norm 56.6%
70.48/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
60.44/15 · norm 0.30

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

Song Yadong

Distance 91.5% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 4.9% (norm 6.5%)

Chris Gutierrez

Distance 95.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

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

Song Yadong

Head 76.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Chris Gutierrez

Head 51.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 37.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Yadong L/AAccBantamweight med Gutierrez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 824 / 2007 41.1% 39.0% 852 / 1491 57.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 57 / 79 72.2% 68.7% 17 / 27 63.0% 68.7%
On the ground 77 / 108 71.3% 70.2% 26 / 37 70.3% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 587 / 1681 34.9% 34.9% 339 / 802 42.3% 34.9%
To the body 182 / 272 66.9% 66.8% 101 / 166 60.8% 66.8%
To the legs 189 / 241 78.4% 79.4% 455 / 587 77.5% 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 (Bantamweight: 117 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 Yadong L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Gutierrez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 763 / 1771 43.1% 39.3% 453 / 1341 33.8% 39.3%
In the clinch 38 / 52 73.1% 70.4% 13 / 20 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 41 / 50 82.0% 72.4% 73 / 112 65.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 485 / 1383 35.1% 34.9% 266 / 1029 25.9% 34.9%
To the body 172 / 263 65.4% 66.0% 116 / 212 54.7% 66.0%
To the legs 185 / 227 81.5% 79.1% 157 / 232 67.7% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

1241.4% acc · 0.81/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
430.8% acc · 0.30/15 · norm 1.12
4873.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3867.9% def · norm 66.7%
29:2713.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
8:594.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
19:111:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
46:063:24 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.20/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.07/15 · norm 0.28

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

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