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Yadier del Valle vs. Jordan Leavitt

UFC 3-1-0 vs. 6-4-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-1-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Featherweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
30
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
5'9"
HeightΔ 0"
5'9"
69"
ReachΔ 2"
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
2.4
Layoff (months)Δ 2.1 mo
4.5
WLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Yadier del Valle is a submission threat — 2.71 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Yadier del Valle carries real power — 0.68 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Featherweight norm.
Jordan Leavitt is a submission threat — 1.05 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.48 Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Yadier del Valle

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

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Jordan Leavitt

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.36 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

281.26/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
1612.25/min · norm 3.44
200.90/min · norm 3.50
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1171.63/min · norm 3.38
45.9%norm 44.7%
Striking accuracy
58.3%norm 43.65%
65.5%norm 54.8%
Striking defense
58.9%norm 56.3%
10.68/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
10.21/15 · norm 0.25

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

Yadier del Valle

Distance 78.7% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 3.3% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 18.0% (norm 6.5%)

Jordan Leavitt

Distance 81.9% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.5% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 7.6% (norm 8.0%)

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

Yadier del Valle

Head 60.7% (norm 77.5%) · Body 14.8% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 24.6% (norm 7.9%)

Jordan Leavitt

Head 36.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 32.2% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone del Valle L/AAccFeatherweight med Leavitt L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 16 / 48 33.3% 40.5% 129 / 226 57.1% 38.3%
In the clinch 2 / 2 too few to rate 70.5% 20 / 29 69.0% 67.5%
On the ground 10 / 11 too few to rate 69.3% 12 / 21 too few to rate 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 12 / 37 32.4% 37.1% 40 / 101 39.6% 35.1%
To the body 9 / 9 too few to rate 68.0% 41 / 86 47.7% 69.1%
To the legs 7 / 15 too few to rate 80.3% 80 / 89 89.9% 81.8%

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 (Featherweight: 127 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 del Valle L/AOpp accFeatherweight med vs Leavitt L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 15 / 49 30.6% 39.3% 79 / 238 33.2% 38.8%
In the clinch 0 / 0 too few to rate 70.3% 12 / 13 too few to rate 68.6%
On the ground 5 / 9 too few to rate 69.4% 26 / 34 76.5% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 7 / 26 26.9% 35.9% 44 / 169 26.0% 35.2%
To the body 3 / 20 too few to rate 68.0% 55 / 70 78.6% 68.2%
To the legs 10 / 12 too few to rate 81.5% 18 / 46 39.1% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1100.0% acc · 0.68/15 · norm 1.17
Takedowns landed
1429.2% acc · 2.93/15 · norm 1.34
660.0% def · norm 61.5%
Takedowns stopped
330.0% def · norm 63.7%
6:4330.3% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
28:3139.8% of cage time · norm 18.95%
8:135:33 per 15 · norm 3:11
Time under control lower is better
19:324:05 per 15 · norm 2:50
42.71/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
51.05/15 · norm 0.48

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