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Timur Valiev vs.
Trevin Jones

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

2-1-0 (1 NC) Timur Valiev · UFC
1-4-0 (1 NC) Trevin Jones · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-1-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
1-4-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
36.5
AgeΔ 0.5 yrs
36
5'6"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
67"
ReachΔ 3"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
52.6
Layoff (months)Δ 11.5 mo
41.1
LWWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLW
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.

Timur Valiev owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Timur Valiev hunts takedowns — 1.73 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Trevin Jones rarely shoots — 0.62 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 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.

Timur Valiev

Full career not yet synced for Timur Valiev — 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 +1.5 wins over .500

Trevin Jones

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

In the UFC: 1-2 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

2705.19/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1542.13/min · norm 3.52
1733.33/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
3114.29/min · norm 3.58
53.0%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
37.1%norm 43.4%
45.3%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
39.7%norm 56.6%
10.29/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
20.41/15 · norm 0.30

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

Timur Valiev

Distance 87.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.9% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 8.4% (norm 6.5%)

Trevin Jones

Distance 89.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 7.7% (norm 6.5%)

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

Timur Valiev

Head 63.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 8.4%)

Trevin Jones

Head 78.1% (norm 77.4%) · Body 13.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 8.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Valiev L/AAccBantamweight med Jones L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 220 / 446 49.3% 39.0% 120 / 372 32.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 17 / 20 too few to rate 68.7% 10 / 11 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 33 / 43 76.7% 70.2% 24 / 32 75.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 126 / 323 39.0% 34.9% 85 / 324 26.2% 34.9%
To the body 73 / 104 70.2% 66.8% 36 / 55 65.5% 66.8%
To the legs 71 / 82 86.6% 79.4% 33 / 36 91.7% 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 Valiev L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Jones L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 124 / 256 48.4% 39.3% 236 / 424 55.7% 39.3%
In the clinch 7 / 10 too few to rate 70.4% 40 / 48 83.3% 70.4%
On the ground 42 / 50 84.0% 72.4% 35 / 44 79.5% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 124 / 258 48.1% 34.9% 171 / 353 48.4% 34.9%
To the body 26 / 32 81.2% 66.0% 95 / 115 82.6% 66.0%
To the legs 23 / 26 88.5% 79.1% 45 / 48 93.8% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

640.0% acc · 1.73/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
315.0% acc · 0.62/15 · norm 1.12
555.6% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
960.0% def · norm 66.7%
14:0527.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
12:5417.8% of cage time · norm 17.4%
7:072:03 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
10:562:15 per 15 · norm 2:24
10.29/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.21/15 · norm 0.28

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

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