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Xiao Long vs.
Quang Le

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

1-3-0 Xiao Long · UFC
1-3-0 Quang Le · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

1-3-0
UFC record
1-3-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
28.3
AgeΔ 6.5 yrs
34.8
5'8"
HeightΔ 1"
5'7"
70"
ReachΔ 0"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
10.7
LLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLL
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.

Quang Le hunts takedowns — 2.90 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Quang Le owns the mat — in control 28% of cage time, vs a 17% Bantamweight norm.
Xiao Long outworks the Bantamweight division — 4.99 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 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.

Xiao Long

Full career not yet synced for Xiao Long — 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 +0.8 wins over .500

Quang Le

Full career not yet synced for Quang Le — 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 +1.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2824.99/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1022.82/min · norm 3.52
2344.14/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
1664.59/min · norm 3.58
45.7%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
38.9%norm 43.4%
46.6%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
49.7%norm 56.6%
10.27/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.30

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

Xiao Long

Distance 80.1% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 18.6% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 6.5%)

Quang Le

Distance 94.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.4% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

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

Xiao Long

Head 67.6% (norm 77.4%) · Body 18.0% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.4% (norm 8.4%)

Quang Le

Head 81.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 3.4% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Long L/AAccBantamweight med Le L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 195 / 494 39.5% 39.0% 94 / 247 38.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 80 / 115 69.6% 68.7% 7 / 9 too few to rate 68.7%
On the ground 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.2% 1 / 6 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 157 / 417 37.6% 34.9% 63 / 213 29.6% 34.9%
To the body 67 / 111 60.4% 66.8% 32 / 40 80.0% 66.8%
To the legs 58 / 89 65.2% 79.4% 7 / 9 too few to rate 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 Long L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Le L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 141 / 318 44.3% 39.3% 152 / 308 49.4% 39.3%
In the clinch 93 / 120 77.5% 70.4% 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.4% 5 / 7 too few to rate 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 124 / 306 40.5% 34.9% 103 / 241 42.7% 34.9%
To the body 98 / 117 83.8% 66.0% 14 / 24 too few to rate 66.0%
To the legs 12 / 15 too few to rate 79.1% 49 / 65 75.4% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

330.0% acc · 0.80/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
733.3% acc · 2.90/15 · norm 1.12
2288.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
4100.0% def · norm 66.7%
7:5213.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
10:0527.9% of cage time · norm 17.4%
2:550:46 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
1:250:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
10.41/15 · norm 0.28

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

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